

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

