International Shipping from Japan - Countries

COUNTRY

International Post

AIRMAIL

International Post

SURFACE

EMS

(Express Mail Service)

Restrictions, and Delays in Japan
(N): Restrictions in the normal period
(T): Temporary restrictions caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic
(D): Delays in Japan

China

X

X

X

United States of America

✓

✓

✓

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 
(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.
(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Republic of Korea

✓

✓

✓

Philippines

✓

✓

✓

(D) Loading items onto airplanes is expected to take about two to three weeks due to the shortage of loading space caused by the reduction of flights.
(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Taiwan

✓

✓

✓

Hong Kong

✓

✓

✓

Australia

X

✓

X

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 
(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Thailand

✓

✓

✓

United Kingdom of Great Britain

X

✓

X

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 

Singapore

✓

✓

✓

Iceland

X

✓

X

Ireland

✓

✓

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Azerbaijan

✓

X

X

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Ascension

✓

X

-

Afghanistan

X

X

-

United Arab Emirates

X

X

X

Algeria

✓

✓

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Argentina

✓

X

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Aruba

✓

✓

-

Albania

✓

✓

-

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Armenia

✓

X

-

Anguilla

X

X

-

Angola

✓

X

-

Antigua and Barbuda

X

X

-

(N) Parcels to some regions are not acceptable.

Andorra

X

✓

X

Yemen

X

X

-

Israel

X

✓

X

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Italy

X

✓

X

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.
(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Iraq

✓

X

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Iran

✓

X

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

India

X

X

X

Indonesia

✓

✓

✓

Wake Island

X

✓

-

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 

Uganda

✓

X

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Ukraine

✓

X

✓

(N) Items to Crimea and Sevastopol are not acceptable.
(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.
(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Uzbekistan

X

X

-

Uruguay

X

-

X

British Virgin Islands

X

X

-

Ecuador

X

X

X

Egypt

✓

X

✓

Estonia

X

✓

X

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Eswatini

X

X

-

Ethiopia

✓

X

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Eritrea

X

X

-

El Salvador

X

X

X

Austria

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.
Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.
(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Oman

✓

✓

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Netherlands

✓

(Limit of 2,000 grams)

✓

X

Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius

✓

✓

-

Ghana

X

X

X

Cape Verde

X

X

-

Guernsey

X

✓

X

Guyana

X

X

-

Kazakhstan

X

X

-

Qatar

✓

X

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Guadeloupe

X

✓

X

Gabon

X

✓

✓

(N) Parcels to some regions are not acceptable.
(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Cameroon

X

✓

-

Gambia

✓

X

-

Cambodia

X

✓

X

North Korea

X

X

-

North Macedonia

X

✓

X

Northern Mariana Islands

X

✓

-

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted.
(D) Loading items onto ships is expected to take about one month.

Guinea

X

✓

-

Guinea-Bissau

X

X

-

Cyprus

✓

✓

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Cuba

X

X

X

Curacao

✓

-

-

Greece

X

✓

X

Kiribati

X

-

-

Kyrgyz

X

X

-

Guatemala

X

X

-

Guam

X

✓

X

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 
(D) Loading items onto ships is expected to take about one month.
(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Kuwait

✓

X

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Cook Islands

✓

✓

✓

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Greenland

X

✓

-

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Christmas Island

X

✓

-

Grenada

X

X

-

Croatia

✓

✓

X

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Cayman Islands

✓

X

-

(N) Parcels to some regions are not acceptable.

Kenya

✓

X

✓

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Ivory Coast

✓

X

✓

(N) Parcels to some regions are not acceptable.

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

X

✓

-

Costa Rica

X

X

X

Kosovo

X

✓

-

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Comoros Islands

X

✓

-

Colombia

✓

X

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Congo

X

✓

-

(N) Parcels to some regions are not acceptable.
(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo

✓

✓

-

Saipan

X

✓

X

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 
(N) EMS items are not acceptable in part of regions.

Saudi Arabia

X

✓

X

Independent State of Samoa

✓

X

-

Sao Tome and Principe

X

X

-

Zambia

X

X

-

St. Pierre and Miquelon

X

✓

X

San Marino

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Sierra Leone

X

X

X

Djibouti

X

X

X

Gibraltar

✓

✓

-

Jersey

X

✓

X

Jamaica

X

X

X

Georgia

X

✓

-

Syria

X

X

X

Saint Maarten

✓

✓

-

Zimbabwe

X

X

X

Switzerland

✓

✓

✓

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Sweden

X

✓

X

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Sudan

X

X

X

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Spain

✓

✓

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Suriname

✓

X

-

Sri Lanka

✓

✓

✓

Slovakia

✓

✓

X

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Slovenia

✓

✓

X

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Seychelles

X

✓

-

Equatorial Guinea

X

X

-

Senegal

X

✓

X

Serbia

X

✓

-

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

St. Helena

✓

X

-

Saint Christopher and Nevis

X

X

-

(N) Parcels to some regions are not acceptable.

Saint Vincent

X

X

-

Saint Lucia

X

X

-

Somalia

X

X

-

Solomon Islands

X

X

X

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Turks and Caicos

✓

X

-

Tajikistan

X

X

-

Tanzania (United Rep.)

X

X

X

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Czech Republic

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.
Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Chad

X

X

-

Central Africa

X

✓

-

Tunisia

X

✓

✓

Chile

X

X

X

Tuvalu

X

X

-

Denmark

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.
Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Germany

X

✓

X

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 
(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Togo

✓

✓

✓

Dominica

✓

X

-

Dominican Republic

X

X

-

Tristan da Cunha

X

X

-

Trinidad and Tobago

X

✓

X

Turkmenistan

X

X

-

Turkey

✓

✓

✓

Tonga

X

X

-

Nigeria

✓

X

✓

Nauru

X

✓

-

Namibia

X

X

-

French Southern and Antarctic Territories

✓

✓

-

Nicaragua

X

X

-

Niger

X

✓

-

(N) Parcels to some regions are not acceptable.

New Caledonia

X

✓

X

New Zealand

✓

X

✓

(D) Loading items onto airplanes is expected to take about two to three weeks due to the shortage of loading space caused by the reduction of flights.
(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Nepal

✓

X

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Norfolk Island

X

✓

-

Norway

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.
Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Bermuda

X

X

-

Bahrain

X

-

X

Haiti

X

X

-

Pakistan

✓

X

✓

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.
(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Vatican

X

✓

-

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Panama

✓

X

✓

Vanuatu

X

-

-

Bahamas

X

X

-

Papua New Guinea

X

X

X

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Palau

X

✓

-

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 
(D) Loading items onto ships is expected to take about one month.

Paraguay

X

X

X

Barbados

X

X

X

Hungary

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.
Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Bangladesh

X

✓

X

East Timor

X

X

-

Pitcairn

✓

X

-

Fiji

X

✓

X

Finland

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Bhutan

✓

✓

✓

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.
(D) Transportation of outbound mails to the destination is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Puerto Rico

X

✓

X

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 

Faroe Islands

X

✓

-

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Falkland

X

✓

-

French Guiana

X

✓

X

French Polynesia

X

✓

-

Brazil

X

✓

X

France

X

✓

✓

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 

Bulgaria

✓

✓

X

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Burkina Faso

X

✓

-

Brunei

X

X

X

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Burundi

X

X

-

Virgin Islands

X

✓

X

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 

American Samoa

X

✓

-

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 

Viet Nam

✓

✓

✓

Benin

X

✓

-

(N) Parcels to some regions are not acceptable.

Venezuela

X

X

X

Belarus

✓

✓

X

Belize

X

X

-

Peru

X

✓

X

Belgium

✓

✓

✓

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Poland

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.
Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

X

✓

-

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.
Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

North Islands

X

X

-

Botswana

X

X

X

Bolivia

X

X

-

Portugal

X

✓

X

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Honduras

X

X

X

Marshall Islands

X

✓

-

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 
(D) Loading items onto ships is expected to take about one month.
(N) Registered post letters are not acceptable.

Macao

✓

✓

✓

Madagascar

✓

✓

✓

Malawi

X

X

-

Mali

X

✓

-

Malta

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Martinique

X

✓

X

Malaysia

✓

✓

✓

Isle of Man

X

✓

X

Federated States of Micronesia

X

✓

-

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 
(D) Loading items onto ships is expected to take about one month.
(N) Registered post letters are not acceptable.

Midway Islands

X

✓

-

(T) Among Air items, only some letter-post items are accepted. 

South Africa

✓

✓

✓

South Sudan

X

X

-

Myanmar

X

✓

X

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Mexico

✓

X

✓

(D) Loading items onto airplanes is expected to take about two to three weeks due to the shortage of loading space caused by the reduction of flights.

Mauritius

✓

✓

✓

Mauritania

X

X

-

Mozambique

✓

X

-

(N) Parcels to some regions are not acceptable.
(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Monaco

X

✓

X

Maldives

✓

X

✓

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Moldova

X

✓

-

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Morocco

✓

✓

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Mongolia

✓

X

✓

Montenegro

X

✓

-

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Montserrat

✓

X

-

Jordan

✓

✓

✓

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Lao People's Democratic Republic

X

X

X

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.

Latvia

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.
Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Lithuania

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.
Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Libya

X

X

-

Liechtenstein

✓

✓

✓

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Liberia

X

X

-

Romania

X

✓

X

(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Luxembourg

X

✓

X

(D) Loading mail items onto airplanes is expected to take considerable time due to the shortage of cargo space caused by the reduction of flights.

Rwanda

X

X

X

Lesotho

X

X

-

Lebanon

✓

X

✓

Reunion

X

✓

X

Russian Federation

X

X

X

(N) EMS items to some regions are not acceptable.
(D) Arrival of surface mail at the destination country (territory) may be delayed by around three months compared with the normal transport time owing to cargo congestion.

Wallis and Futuna

X

✓

-