Nippon Express is a large, capable freight forwarder with solid procedures and systems for handling global transportation. Nippon provides FedEx's pickup and delivery in Japan where it is a major transportation operator. Revenues and employees shown are worldwide numbers. 47,000 employees are in Japan. Nippon is now moving aggressively in China. However, like many companies in Japan, it has been slowed by the weakness of Japan's economy over the last few years and its inability to develop a broader, less Japanese-centric identity.