Cost Of US & World Postage Stamps

Cost Of Stamps Home Contact Us
Postage History Stamp Collecting Consumer Postage Business Postage Cost Of US Postage Stamps Cost Of UK Postage Stamps Cost Of French Postage Stamps Cost Of German Postage Stamps Cost Of Chinese Postage Stamps Cost Of Japanese Postage Stamps Miscellaneous Cost Of Stamps

Cost Of Japanese Postage Stamps




Here are the costs of Japanese postage stamps by category and date.

Rates For Letter-Post Items Rates
Domestic mail rates include consumption tax.
As of September 1, 2005

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