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7 Post Office and Delivery Company Services
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1 Residence management system
2 The Family registry system
3 Seal Registrations
4 Housing
5 Water, Gas, Electricity & Telephone Services
6 Disposal of Garbage
7 Post Office and Delivery Company Services
8 Banks
9 Traffic
10 Taxation
11 Employment
12 National Health Insurance
13 National Pension Plan
14 Neighborhood Association
15 Disaster Prevention, Fire & Medical Emergencies
16 Traffic Accidents
17 Childcare
18 Welfare
19 Health checkups for adults
20 Educations
21 Medical Information
22 Counseling and support services
Information of facilities
23 City/Town Halls and related facilities
24 School & Educational Institutions
25 Other public facilities
26 Refuge (Shelter)
27 Medical Institutions



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7-1 Post office

(1) Types of domestic mail

Standard postcards are 63 yen, and standard envelopes (9 to 12 cm wide x 14 to 23.5 cm long and less than 1 mm thick) are 84 yen up to 25 g and 94 yen up to 50 g. For other standards, see the Japan Post website.

(2) International mail

If you send a post card from Japan to overseas, it costs 70 yen no matter where you send it to anywhere in the world. When sending letters and luggage, there are methods such as airmail, sea mail, SAL (economic airmail), and EMS (International Express Mail). Shipping methods and prices vary depending on the type of package, shipping destination, and the number of days required for delivery. For more information, please see the Japan Post homepage.

(3) International remittance

How to send money overseas at the post office
When sending money to a foreign country, the post office has a method called “inter-account transfer” that deposits money into the transfer account or bank account of the foreign recipient.

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7-2 Delivery companies

A number of companies also offer delivery services. You can send items from your home, convenience store and various outlets to all of the country and overseas.