Ordering from overseas to Japan: how much tax will you pay?
Enter the item price to see the customs duty and consumption tax. Every figure here is checked against Japan Customs, the Ministry of Finance and the National Tax Agency (as of October 11, 2026).
Tax meter
Move the price and watch how the tax changes. For items bought for your own use, under the rules as of October 2026.
From this date, the “item price × 0.6” rule is due to end, and consumption tax is due to apply to orders of ¥10,000 or less as well. Nothing has changed yet. Details here.
Guides
- Is an order of ¥10,000 or less tax-free?The line is an item price of ¥16,666. Here is why.
- What changes in April 2028We read the supplementary provisions of the law to confirm the date
- Six worked examplesA jacket, electronics, toys and more, calculated by hand
- Customs duty and consumption tax: the order of calculationConsumption tax is charged on the amount that already includes duty
- Items that are not exemptLeather bags, knitwear, footwear and more
About this site
We publish only figures that we could confirm on the pages of Japan Customs, the Ministry of Finance and the National Tax Agency. Where online explainers contradict each other, we went to the official documents and wrote down which one is right. When the rules change, we update the articles and record it in the update log.
This site is written for people who order from overseas to Japan, including residents and visitors. The official sources are in Japanese, so we link to them and say so each time.
This is general information. The actual amount of tax is decided by Customs.