Hokuetsu Corporation Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. Hokuetsu Logistics Co., Ltd. NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC. Japan Freight Railway Company Hokuetsu Corporation (Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, President, Chairman & Group CEO: Tetsuo Kishimoto, hereinafter "Hokuetsu Corporation"), Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture, President: Masahiro Inoue, hereinafter "Daihatsu"), Hokuetsu Logistics Co., Ltd. (Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, President: Yuji Maruyama), a group company of Hokuetsu Corporation, Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Shinjiro Takebayashi, hereinafter "Nippon Express"), a group company of NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Hitoshi Horikiri), and Japan Freight Railway Company (Minato-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Shin Inukai, hereinafter "JR Freight") have received the "Modal Shift Award," a divisional award, at the "1st Japan Logistics Awards" hosted by the Japan Association for Logistics and Transport. Award recipients at the "1st Japan Logistics Awards" ceremony (June 29, 2026) *From left: Hiroyuki Sato, General Manager of Logistics Operations Dept., Hokuetsu Logistics; Nobuhide Matsuura, General Manager of Logistics Dept., Daihatsu; *From left: Hiroyuki Sato, General Manager of Logistics Operations Dept., Hokuetsu Logistics; Nobuhide Matsuura, General Manager of Logistics Dept., Daihatsu; Hitoshi Nagasawa, Chairman, Japan Association for Logistics and Transport; Koichi Nagahara, General Manager of Product Logistics Dept., Hokuetsu Corporation; Osamu Sasaki, Executive Officer (in charge of Mobility Sales Dept.), Nippon Express; Yasuhide Mugitani, Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales Dept., JR Freight 1. Award Details A transport scheme for loading Daihatsu's small automobiles was established on the return empty container transport section, from Kyoto-Soto Station (Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) to Yashima Station (Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture), which was a challenge for Hokuetsu C