International Mail

Update on Mail Service to Japan

Despite the tragic events as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the postal administration of Japan contin­ues to accept all types of international mail. Note the excep­tion of Global Express Guaranteed® (GXG®) items sent to certain destinations in Japan in the table in this article.

However, even with this acceptance, mailers are advised to expect delays in the delivery of all types of mail sent to Japan. Significant delays could be experienced for items addressed to northern Japan, including Sapporo, Sendai, Hokkaido, Aomori, Akita, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata, Fukushima, and Ibaraki.

For GXG items, effective immediately, the Postal Ser­vice™ has suspended GXG service to certain destinations in Japan due to FedEx operational requirements caused by the recent events in Japan. Until further notice, Post Office™ locations must not accept GXG items for the Jap­anese destinations listed in the following table.

For already deposited GXG items addressed to these destinations in Japan, Postal Service employees must endorse them “Mail Service Temporarily Suspended — Return to Sender” and then place them in the mailstream for return. Upon request, the Postal Service will refund postage and fees on mail returned due to the suspension of service.

GXG Suspended Destination Cities and Postal Codes

 

Postal Code

City

96000

FUKUSHIMA-SHI

96001

FUKUSHIMA-SHI

96002

FUKUSHIMA-SHI

96004

DATE-SHI FUKUSHIMA

96005

DATE-SHI FUKUSHIMA

96006

DATE-SHI FUKUSHIMA

96008

FUKUSHIMA-SHI

96011

FUKUSHIMA-SHI

96012

FUKUSHIMA-SHI

96013

DATE-GUN INO-MACHI

96021

FUKUSHIMA-SHI

96022

FUKUSHIMA-SHI

96080

FUKUSHIMA-SHI

96081

FUKUSHIMA-SHI

96082

FUKUSHIMA-SHI

96100

SHIRAKAWA-SHI

96108

SHIRAKAWA-SHI

96109

SHIRAKAWA-SHI

96200

SUKAGAWA-SHI

96204

SUKAGAWA-SHI

96207

SUKAGAWA-SHI

96208

SUKAGAWA-SHI

96285

SUKAGAWA-SHI

96286

SUKAGAWA-SHI

96300

KORIYAMA-SHI

96301

KORIYAMA-SHI

96302

KORIYAMA-SHI

96305

KORIYAMA-SHI

96306

KORIYAMA-SHI

96307

KORIYAMA-SHI

96308

KORIYAMA-SHI

96309

KORIYAMA-SHI

96311

KORIYAMA-SHI

96312

KORIYAMA-SHI

96313

KORIYAMA-SHI

96314

KORIYAMA-SHI

96315

KORIYAMA-SHI

96316

KORIYAMA-SHI

96380

KORIYAMA-SHI

96385

KORIYAMA-SHI

96386

KORIYAMA-SHI

96388

KORIYAMA-SHI

96500

AIZUWAKAMATSU-SHI

96502

AIZUWAKAMATSU-SHI

96508

AIZUWAKAMATSU-SHI

96585

AIZUWAKAMATSU-SHI

96901

NISHISHIRAKAWA-GUN IZUMIZAKI-MURA

96902

NISHISHIRAKAWA-GUN YABUKI-MACHI

96904

IWASE-GUN KAGAMIISHI-MACHI

96911

ADACHI-GUN MOTOMIYA-MACHI

96933

YAMA-GUN BANDAI-MACHI

96951

AIZUWAKAMATSU-SHI

97000

IWAKI-SHI

97001

IWAKI-SHI

97002

IWAKI-SHI

97003

IWAKI-SHI

97011

IWAKI-SHI

97012

IWAKI-SHI

97013

IWAKI-SHI

97080

IWAKI-SHI

97181

IWAKI-SHI

97186

IWAKI-SHI

97201

IWAKI-SHI

97202

IWAKI-SHI

97283

IWAKI-SHI

97300

IWAKI-SHI

97384

IWAKI-SHI

97400

IWAKI-SHI

97401

IWAKI-SHI

97402

IWAKI-SHI

97482

IWAKI-SHI

97901

IWAKI-SHI

97902

IWAKI-SHI

97903

IWAKI-SHI

97931

IWAKI-SHI

97932

IWAKI-SHI

99200

YONEZAWA-SHI

99201

YONEZAWA-SHI

99211

YONEZAWA-SHI

99212

YONEZAWA-SHI

99213

YONEZAWA-SHI

99214

YONEZAWA-SHI

99215

YONEZAWA-SHI

99285

YONEZAWA-SHI

98000

SENDAI-SHI AOBA-KU

98008

SENDAI-SHI AOBA-KU

98060

SENDAI-SHI AOBA-KU

98085

SENDAI-SHI AOBA-KU

98101

MIYAGI-GUN RIFU-CHO

98109

SENDAI-SHI AOBA-KU

98111

SENDAI-SHI TAIHAKU-KU

98112

NATORI-SHI

98115

KAKUDA-SHI

98131

SENDAI-SHI IZUMI-KU

98132

SENDAI-SHI IZUMI-KU

98133

KUROKAWA-GUN TOMIYA-MACHI

98134

KUROKAWA-GUN DAIWA-CHO

98136

KUROKAWA-GUN DAIWA-CHO

98180

SENDAI-SHI IZUMI-KU

98185

SENDAI-SHI AOBA-KU

98200

SENDAI-SHI TAIHAKU-KU

98202

SENDAI-SHI TAIHAKU-KU

98208

SENDAI-SHI TAIHAKU-KU

98300

SENDAI-SHI MIYAGINO-KU

98308

SENDAI-SHI MIYAGINO-KU

98385

SENDAI-SHI MIYAGINO-KU

98400

SENDAI-SHI WAKABAYASHI-KU

98408

SENDAI-SHI WAKABAYASHI-KU

98508

TAGAJO-SHI

98509

SENDAI-SHI MIYAGINO-KU

98701

TODA-GUN WAKUYA-CHO

98702

TODA-GUN WAKUYA-CHO

98909

SHIBATA-GUN KAWASAKI-MACHI

98912

SHIBATA-GUN OGAWARA-MACHI

98913

SHIBATA-GUN MURATA-MACHI

98915

SHIBATA-GUN MURATA-MACHI

98916

SHIBATA-GUN SHIBATA-MACHI

98917

SHIBATA-GUN SHIBATA-MACHI

98924

IWANUMA-SHI

98931

SENDAI-SHI AOBA-KU

98932

SENDAI-SHI AOBA-KU

98934

SENDAI-SHI AOBA-KU

98961

OSAKI-SHI

98962

OSAKI-SHI

98963

OSAKI-SHI

99000

YAMAGATA-SHI

99001

YAMAGATA-SHI

99002

YAMAGATA-SHI

99005

SAGAE-SHI

99008

YAMAGATA-SHI

99009

YAMAGATA-SHI

99021

YAMAGATA-SHI

99022

YAMAGATA-SHI

99023

YAMAGATA-SHI

99024

YAMAGATA-SHI

99095

YAMAGATA-SHI

99100

SAGAE-SHI

99400

TENDO-SHI

99401

TENDO-SHI

99937

HIGASHINE-SHI