Classification
|
Weight
|
Rates
|
First-
class
(Letters)
|
Standard-sized items (Note 1)
|
Up to 25 g
|
80 yen
|
Up to 50 g
|
90 yen
|
Nonstandard-sized items
|
|
Up to 50 g
|
120 yen
|
Up to 100 g
|
140 yen
|
Up to 150 g
|
200 yen
|
Up to 250 g
|
240 yen
|
Up to 500 g
|
390 yen
|
Up to 1 kg
|
580 yen
|
Up to 2 kg
|
850 yen
|
Up to 4 kg
|
1,150 yen
|
Mini-letters (letter-cards)
|
--
|
60 yen
|
Special local mail
(Note 2)
|
Basic rates
|
Standard-
sized
|
Up to 25 g
|
65 yen
|
Up to 50 g
|
75 yen
|
Non-
standard-
sized
|
Up to 50 g
|
100 yen
|
Up tp 100 g
|
115 yen
|
Up to 150 g
|
160 yen
|
Up to 250 g
|
195 yen
|
Special rates
|
Bar-coded
(Note 3)
|
Standard-
sized
|
Up to 25 g
|
62 yen (50 yen)
|
Up to 50 g
|
72 yen (55 yen)
|
Sorted posting
(Note 4)
|
Standard-
sized
|
Up to 25 g
|
50 yen (49 yen)
|
Up to 50 g
|
55 yen (54 yen)
|
Non-
standard-
sized
|
Up to 50 g
|
75 yen (74 yen)
|
Up to 100 g
|
85 yen (84 yen)
|
Up to 150 g
|
120 yen (119 yen)
|
Up to 250 g
|
145 yen (144 yen)
|
Second-
class
(Postcards)
|
Postcards
|
--
|
50 yen
|
Reply-paid postcards
|
--
|
100 yen
|
Third-
class
(approved peri-
odicals,
unsealed)
(Note 5)
|
Third-class mail other than below.
|
Up to 50 g
For each additional 50 g over 50 g up to 1kg
|
60 yen
+8 yen
|
A single copy of or a number of copies equivalent to one-day's mailed newspaper issue published at least three times a month and mailed by the publisher or distributor.
|
Up to 50 g
For each additional 50 g over 50 g up to 1kg
|
40 yen
+6 yen
|
Periodicals published and posted by organizations for the physically/mentally disadvantaged.
|
Newspapers issued at least 3 times a month
|
Up to 50 g
For each additional 50 g over 50 g up to 1kg
|
8 yen
+3 yen
|
Other periodicals
|
Up to 50 g
For each additional 50 g over 50 g up to 1kg
|
15 yen
+5 yen
|
Fourth-
class
(unsealed)
|
Correspondence course
materials
(educational)(Note 6)
|
Up to 100 g
|
15 yen
|
For each additional 100 g
up to 1 kg(3 kg)
|
+10yen
|
Braille for the blind, recordings
for the blind,braille paper for
the blind
(Note 7)
|
Up to 3 kg
|
Free
|
Seeds and saplings
|
Up to 50 g
|
70 yen
|
Up to 75 g
|
110 yen
|
Up to 100 g
|
130 yen
|
Up to 150 g
|
170 yen
|
Up to 200 g
|
200 yen
|
Up to 300 g
|
230 yen
|
Up to 400 g
|
270 yen
|
For each additional 100 g over 400 g up to 1 kg
|
+50 yen
|
Academic publications
(Designated by the Designated by the Director-General of the Postal Services Agency,)
|
Up to 100 g
|
35 yen
|
For each additional 100 g up to 1 kg
|
+25 yen
|