With growing impact of globalization, there is an increasing pressure on companies to achieve extremely efficient supply chains, which is possible only through a professional management of the logistics operations. Since the 'third party logistics providers', the professional logistics service providers can offer such efficient logistics solutions, more and more companies are adopting 3PL services in their logistics operations, thus resulting in an impressive growth of 3PL markets. This research service presents an indepth analysis of the evolution of the third party logistics market in Japan. It also provides detailed insights into end-user industries, competitive structure of 3PL industry and future growth opportunities in this market.