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Worldwide Delivery Service

You can send gifts, sample goods and commodities, etc. from Japan to worldwide destinations. We provide the least expensive and simplest way to send your packages to a foreign country.

[Features of Worldwide Delivery Service]

Reasonable !

Simple rates system
Simple estimate with 6 size package + envelope size (for documents only)
>> About Rates click here
Just give us a call, and your district driver will come.
If you send personal belongings to USA,Canada,England,Belgium,France,Holland,German,HongKong
Taiwan,Singapore,Malaysia,Shanghai(china). We would suggest unaccompanied luggage service.
Click here or Toll Free 0120-5931-25 (Operating Hours 09:00-17:00)

Reliable !

Reliable Quality
We cover 200 countries and regions and will deliver your package within 3 to 10 days.
There is the case that we cannot deliver by the delay of the airport or local import country entry circumstances on schedule. Please understand it beforehand.
Real time tracking for all destinations available.
 

How to Send

1. Confirm the items/goods you can send.
(1) Cautions for using the service (size limitation)
(2) Things you cannot send by Worldwide Delivery Service (prohibited goods for each country)

* For inquiries regarding the rates, delivery schedule, prohibited goods and other important information, please contact Customer Service Center.
Customer Service Center TEL: 03-3541-3411 (Operating Hours 09:00-18:00)

2. Fill out an Address Label and pack item(s)
(1) Necessary shipping documents

3. Request for Pickup
(1) To arrange pickup, please contact your district driver or Customer Service Center.
Customer Service Center TEL: 03-3541-3411 (Operating Hours 09:00-18:00)

Worldwide Delivery Service (To Japan) click here

[Important Notes]

* The upper limit size is within 160cm for the total of length, width and height and the weight is up to 25kg.
* The total maximum liability of Worldwide Delivery Service is 200,000 yen. However, when the price of goods is not described clearly in the address label, the total maximum liability is assumed to be 17SDR per kg.
* Packages addressed to c/o to school, to the post-office box, c/o to the hotel and the lodge cannot be handled.
* Packages for unaccompanied baggage cannot be handled. Contact Toll Free 0120-5931-25 (Operating Hours 09:00-17:00)
* Please note that there may be a delivery delay or undeliverable package(s) because of package state, customer clearance condition or weather, etc.
* Please note because of changes in sendable items and items that used to be able to send as document, a service may be cancelled due to a country's state without prior notice.
* Compensations and negotiations concerning accident on a package should be performed by the shipper.

[Countries you cannot send a package]

For the following countries, if either shipper or/and receiver is an individual, our service is not available.

Main land of China, Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, and Paraguay
 

Size and Rates

[How to Measure the Size]

A + B + C = Size of Package

[Important Notes]
* Size (cm) is the total of length, width and height added together.
* The upper limit of "Document package" is within B4 size for length and width, and the weight is up to 1kg (2.2 lb).
* When either the size (cm) or weight exceeds the limit, the oversized one is treated as Size.

Worldwide Delivery Service Size Table
Size Total: Height, Length, Width Weight
Document package B4 size Within B4 size for length and width Up to 1kg
60 Size Within 60cm Up to 2kg
80 Size Within 80cm Up to 5kg
100 Size Within 100cm Up to 10kg
120 Size Within 120cm Up to 15kg
140 Size Within 140cm Up to 20kg
160 Size Within 160cm Up to 25kg

[Rates]

Tax Division: Tax Exemption
Zone Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4
Main Applicable Region South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, etc. Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Mexico, etc. United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Turkey, India, etc. Countries other than the list on the left
Size Envelope Size ¥1,600 ¥2,200 ¥2,500 ¥3,400
60 Size ¥2,700 ¥3,600 ¥4,100 ¥6,300
80 Size ¥5,400 ¥7,400 ¥8,500 ¥14,400
100 Size ¥9,200 ¥12,600 ¥14,600 ¥24,700
120 Size ¥12,800 ¥17,600 ¥20,400 ¥34,100
140 Size ¥16,400 ¥22,500 ¥26,300 ¥43,600
160 Size ¥20,000 ¥27,500 ¥32,100 ¥53,000

- Above rates contains all of pickup, customs duty and delivery fees.
(Separate costs for a tariff and other commission may apply.)
- Only FREIGHT PREPAID is accepted. FREIGHT COLLECT is not available.

Various Fees like Tariff etc.

When sending a package to a foreign country, there is a case when various fees like tariff etc. may be charged at the destination country. Usually, it is (1) paid by the receiver. However, (2) paid by the shipper or (3) is available for option.
(1) Paid by the receiver - the receiver pays when a package is delivered.
(2) Adjustment at later date - It is billed to the shipper (for registered customer only)
(3) Prepaid by the shipper - Shipper pays in cash when a package is collected.
Please note that 1,500 yen handling fee is charged when (2) or (3) is used.

Special Handling Fee

Correction/Change of delivery address: 500 yen
 

Prohibited goods for each country

Items Prohibited Item Examples
Food-related products Alcoholic Beverages Sake, whisky, beer, regular alcoholic beverages, Alcohol for cooking and mirin
Goods that require temperature management and perishable. Pastries and cakes
Perishable foods Vegetables and fruits
Meat products Instant noodles containing meat
Retort pouch curry with meat and tsukudani (preservable food boiled down in soy sauce)
Beans (unprocessed)  
Health foods Supplements and vitamins, etc.
Uncooked rice *You can send retort pouch rice.
Items related to animals and plants Cut flowers Dressing for New Year including ropes(Shimenawa)
Seeds and soil Small trees(Bonsai)
Live animals, fishes and insects  
Fur or clothes made from fur  
Anything prohibited by Washington Convention Ivory, turtle shells and ostriches
Dangerous goods and medicine Hazardous materials Hair mousse, spray, lighter and paints,
Adhesives etc.
Poisonous goods  
Narcotic drugs and prescribed drugs Over-the-counter drugs like cold medicine
Others Personal computer (when the shipper is an individual)
Cash, checks, stock certificates, valuable securities and credit cards
Such items that cannot be reissued, such as driver's license or passport
Guns and swords (including imitations)
Precious metals
Art works and antiques
Items with a value that is difficult to determine
Cigarettes
Pornographic products
Traveler's unaccompanied baggage and freights for a mover
Electromagnetic radiation therapeutic instruments
Inboard-outboard tools/equipments
Personal letters (Depends on Article 5 of the Mail Law)
 
 

Necessary shipping documents

Address Label (Address Label with Invoice)

Example of Filling Out Address Label

Invoice

Invoice is a certificate of freight contents prepared by a shipper that is necessary when shipping items to a foreign country (invoice is not necessary for document freight). 3 invoices are necessary.

>> Example of Filling Out Invoice (PDF File)
>> Invoice Form (Excel File / PDF File)

Document for transport of Lithium Metal and Lithium Ion Batteries

Document is necessary for sending out the Lithium Metal and Lithium Ion Batteries.

>> Example of Filling Out Document (PDF File)
>> Document Form (Excel File / PDF File)

* In case of Excel file, it is possible to input directly on the Excel document. Microsoft® Excel is necessary.
* In case of PDF file, Adobe Reader (Freeware) is necessary.

* Please note that if necessary documents are not attached to a shipment, the import procedure in the destination cannot be completed. It can be on hold at Customs, returned at the expense of shipper or discarded.
 
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