Items we can receive
Registered as mail
- Postcards, envelopes, Letter Pack Light and other items dropped into a mailbox
- Pos Packet (simple small packet mail), Letter Pack Plus (standard-size small packet mail), international parcels (registered)
- Simple registered mail and ordinary registered mail (excluding cash registered mail, certified mail and special express)
- Delivery record mail
- Mail-sized items delivered by courier whose slip says “OK to drop in mailbox”
Registered as parcels
All packages with a slip that do not say “OK to drop in mailbox” (a seal or signature is required)
Items we cannot receive
The second address cannot be used for any item or situation that conflicts with Japanese law, such as the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds.
Other specific examples
| [01] Items addressed to a name other than the applicant’s name or a registered nickname |
| [02] Contracts, letters of consent, letters of reply |
| [03] Licenses, certificates of accreditation, credit cards |
| [04] Special delivery mail (such as court documents sent by a court to parties in a lawsuit) |
| [05] Restricted delivery mail (addressee only) |
| [06] Certified mail (naiyo shomei) |
| [07] Delivery record mail, Yamato Security Package and similar items meant to confirm your current address |
| [08] Items judged to contain a postal savings passbook or cash card |
| [09] Items containing cash registered mail, postal transfer payment certificates or postal money orders |
| [10] Items that, by nature of their contents, must be received extremely quickly |
| [11] Frozen, refrigerated or chilled food, and anything other than canned or processed food whose best-before date expires within 3 weeks at room temperature |
| [12] Items judged to contain gift certificates, checks or other securities |
| [13] Cash on delivery (COD) items, collect-on-delivery items, and international mail with duty/tax payable *A separate COD handling service is available |
