Japan Finally Lifts Some Airmail Restrictions to the US!

This is posted on the CD Japan site:

Update Oct. 8, 2020 : Japan Post to Resume Shipping with Non-Registered Airmail to the U.S.

Japan Post announced that they will resume shipping with Non-Registered Airmail as well as printed matters up to 5kg by Airmail from Oct. 9, 2020.

Note that there still may be some delays due to COVID 19 related issues.

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I had ordered a CD from a dealer back on May 10th and he very kindly agreed to hold it for me. Oddly, despite the above statement that it was resuming Oct. 8th, he was able to mail it to me Small Packet Air on Monday Oct. 5th and it arrived from Japan to California in only six days on Oct. 10th, exactly five months to the day that I placed the order.

I assume other dealers and sites like Amazon Japan will resume normal non-registered shipping as well.

 

About time!

 

EMS still off ((

 

Still seem to be only accepting surface mail 国・地域別の差出可否 - 日本郵便

 

Japan resumes airmail to the US from June 1st.

国・地域別の差出可否 - 日本郵便

 

I've been buying stuff from Japan last 2 years, and EMS shipping was really great, albeit not cheap. Hopefully now I can buy just one record and not 5 from a single vendor to justify shipping costs...

 

EMS! How much to get one LP from Japan $40?