We are notified by Japan Post that due to transportation and delivery costs in the U.S. and in various other countries have risen significantly, they are revising shipping international mail rates with effective from 1st Jun 2022.
[Revising shipping zone]
・Current Zone 1 (East Asia: China, Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc.) and Zone 2 (Southeast / Southwest Asia: Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, etc.) will be merged and rearranged as New Zone 1 (Taiwan, China, South Korea) and New Zone 2 (Asia: Hong Kong, Philippine, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia etc.).
・Current Zone 4 (North and Central America) will be separated as New Zone 4 (Canada and Mexico) and New Zone 10 (Central America except Mexico).
(Image of New Shipping Zones)
[Revising shipping fee]
・Shipping fee of EMS, Parcel (Air Mail), Parcel (SAL), Parcel (Surface Mail) for ALL ZONES will be raised.
・Tentative extra charges will be imposed for EMS towards Zone 3 (Oceania), Zone 4 (Canada and Mexico), Zone 5 (Middle East), Zone 6 (Europe), and Zone 9 (US and overseas territories).
・Shipping fee of Small packet (Air Mail) and Small packet (SAL) for ALL ZONES are remain unchanged.
[Action schedule]
・All shipping request submitted and paid on or before 31st May, 2022 15:00 (JPT) will be shipped with current zone and fee.
・All shipping request submitted and paid after 31st May, 2022 18:00 (JPT) will be shipped with new zone and fee.
Please check this PDF File for details of new shipping fee.
Press release from Japan Post: https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/2022fee_change/index_en.html