International Mail Suspended Due to Coronavirus
Due to the global spread of the new coronavirus, Japan Post temporarily stopped sending international mail to countries. This is because flights to and from Japan have been drastically reduced.
This has been the case since March 2020, but I only found this out for myself on August 4, 2020, when I went to use the usually efficient Express Mail Service (EMS) at the post office.
To avoid the same fate, you can check the list below or click here to see if your country is on the temporarily suspended list.
Temporarily Suspended International ListAsia | Europe | North and Central America | Africa | Afghanistan | Ireland | Aruba | Ascension Island | Sri Lanka | Azerbaijan | Antigua and Barbuda | Algeria | Nepal | Albania | The British Virgin Islands | Angola | Pakistan | Armenia | El Salvador | Uganda | Bangladesh | Italy | Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius | Egypt | Bhutan | Uzbekistan | Cuba | Eswatini | Brunei | Estonia | Curacao | Ethiopia | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | Austria | Grenada | Eritrea | Middle East (9) | North Macedonia | Costa Rica | Ghana | United Arab Emirates | Greece | Jamaica | Cape Verde | Israel | Kyrgyz | Saint Maarten | Gabon | Iran | Croatia | Saint Christopher and Nevis | Guinea-Bissau | Oman | Kosovo | Saint Vincent | Kenya | Saudi Arabia | San Marino | Saint Lucia | Ivory Coast | Syria | Georgia | Turks and Caicos | Congo | Turkey | Switzerland | Dominica | Sao Tome and Principe | Bahrain | Spain | Dominican Republic | Zambia | Jordan | Serbia | Trinidad and Tobago | Sierra Leone | Oceania (6) | Czech Republic | Nicaragua | Zimbabwe | Kiribati | Turkmenistan | Bermuda | Equatorial Guinea | Tuvalu | Vatican | Haiti | Seychelles | Papua New Guinea | Hungary | Bahamas | Senegal | Pitcairn | Bulgaria | Barbados | St. Helena | Fiji | Belarus | Belize | Tanzania (United Rep.) | Wallis and Futuna | Belgium | Montserrat | Togo | | Poland | South America (4) | Tristan da Cunha | | Portugal | Guyana | Nigeria | | Malta | Suriname | Namibia | | Moldova | Brazil | Burundi | | Latvia | Peru | Madagascar | | Lithuania | | Malawi | | Liechtenstein | | South Africa | | Romania | | South Sudan | | Luxembourg | | Mauritius | | Russian Federation | | Mozambique | | Ukraine | | Morocco | | Montenegro | | Rwanda | | | | Lesotho | | | | Reunion |
Asia | Oceania | North and Central America | Africa | India | Independent State of Samoa | Guatemala | Djibouti | Indonesia | New Caledonia | Cayman | Chad | Maldives | New Zealand | Panama | Tunisia | | French Polynesia | Honduras | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
How to send your International Mail From JapanFedEx however, is still shipping items and I will assume this is because they have their own fleet of planes. FedEx offers several services. FedEx and UPS Locations If you do not feel satisfied with FedEx you can ship with UPS. However, they do not have extensive services such as FedEx. You can check for a UPS drop off point nearest to you. If you have a package to expedite international, have no fear even though the efficient Japan Postal service is currently not shipping as it usually does. You have other options at hand. But in the meantime, you can get reacquainted with the other services that are at the post office. |