The postal system, the telegraph network, and transportation by railway and ship were consolidated as one distribution system (Nippon Yusen Company was established after the competition between the Mitsubishi Combine, the private sector, and the Kyodo Unyu Company, the national policy concern).
また流通分野では、郵便制度・電信網の整備、鉄道および船舶運輸（民間の三菱財閥と国策会社の共同運輸会社の競合を経て日本郵船会社）などの整備が行われた。