With the war in Ukraine ongoing, there’s not much good news in the world. Among other things, the war has caused the Japanese post office to close EMS shipping from Japan to all European countries, since planes aren’t allowed to fly over Russian airspace. We’ve got some small good news, though: we’ve re-activated speedy DHL shipping to nearly all countries in Europe, enabling our customers there to order!
DHL Shipping to Europe Returns! What Countries can J-List Ship To?
The list of countries with restored shipping is below!
Austria 🇦🇹
Belgium 🇧🇪
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
Denmark 🇩🇰
Finland 🇫🇮
France 🇫🇷
Germany 🇩🇪
Greece 🇬🇷
Hungary 🇭🇺
Italy 🇮🇹
Latvia 🇱🇻
Lithuania 🇱🇹
The Netherlands 🇳🇱
Norway 🇳🇴
Poland 🇵🇱
Portugal 🇵🇹
Sweden 🇸🇪
The United Kingdom 🇬🇧
This is the good news. The bad news is that earlier this month, DHL shipping rates were raised via a temporary “fuel surcharge” system due to the spike in oil and jet fuel prices related to the crisis. To help everyone manage this price increase, J-List is picking up $25 of your shipping bill for all orders of $15o or more, via the J-List Shipping Support automatic coupon. Anything can be ordered (figures, onaholes, anime magazines), and you can use the coupon on any order of $150 or more.
DHL is amazing, and we’re extremely indebted to the company for helping J-List get through the past two years. Since DHL takes both weight and package circumference into account, DHL can be more expensive for larger items like figures, but cheaper for denser items, like onahole or lotion. EMS goes by weight only, so it will likely be cheaper, especially when ordering larger items like figures.
(EMS shipping rates have not been raised yet, but rates are likely to go up within a month or so. Get your order in before that happens!)
We’ll Get Through This Together
J-List has been around more than 25 years…which is one year longer than Google. We’ve been through recessions, financial disasters, terrorist attacks and a global pandemic, and while these were all difficult, we never feared that the love all of us have for Japan would ever falter. As hard as things are now, we know there are brighter days ahead of all of us. Thanks for your support of J-List, and please stay safe, wherever you are in the world!
For more than 25 years J-List has been your Friend in Japan™, acting as a bridge between Japan and the rest of the world. Now to help everyone out during these challenging times, we’ve got an automatic $25 Shipping Support Coupon for all orders of $150 or more coming from Japan. Along with our new lower-priced EMS shipping, they make it super easy to get what you want from Japan! Browse today’s new and restocked products here!
