How to connect your Japan Post International account to ship with Ship&co

Ship&co simplifies the process of creating shipping labels for Japan Post International. With our platform, you can easily print labels and send your parcels via Japan Post, even without a direct contract with the carrier. Just prepare your package, apply the label, and drop it off at your nearest Japan Post Office. Experience hassle-free international shipping with Ship&co today!

If you have an existing contract with Japan Post International, you can add your "Yubin Biz Card number" to Ship&co to streamline your shipping process. Follow the instructions below to set up your account and start shipping with ease.

How to Add a Japan Post Account to Ship&co for International Shipping Label Creation:

1. On the Carriers page, click on the Japan Post International icon.
2. Select between these two options:
   • Regular account - Select this option if you do not have a Yubin Biz Card. With this option, you will pay the shipping fees at the time of shipping.
      
   • Japan Post Biz' Card account - Select this option if you have Japan Post Biz' Card account. Once you select it, fill a 32-digit Biz Card number on Account number. This option is for customers who have post-payment agreement with Japan Post. 
3. Set up Japan Post method types from the following options:
   Select only the delivery services you plan to create shipping labels on Ship&co. The selected services will be displayed as delivery options when you create a label.
   • Express Mail Service (国際スピード郵便 - EMS)
   • Express Mail Service Document (国際スピード郵便 - EMS 書類)
      
   • Small Packet AIR (小形包装物 航空便)
   • Small Packet SAL (小形包装物 SAL便) - suspended*
   • Small Packet Surface (小形包装物 船便)
      
   • Air Packet (国際エアパケット)
      
   • Parcel Post AIR (国際小包 航空便)
   • Parcel Post SAL (国際小包 SAL便) - suspended*
   • Parcel Post Surface (国際小包 船便)
      
   • Printed Matter SAL (印刷物 SAL便) - suspended*
   • Printed Matter SURFACE (印刷物 船便)
   • Printed Matter AIR (印刷物 航空便)
   • Printed Matter Registered SAL (印刷物 書留 SAL便) - suspended*
   • Printed Matter Registered AIR (印刷物 書留 航空便)
      
   • Letters SAL (書状／その他 SAL便) - suspended*
   • Letters SURFACE (書状／その他 船便)
   • Letters AIR (書状／その他 航空便)
   • Letters Registered SAL (書状／その他 書留 SAL便) - suspended*
   • Letters Registered AIR (書状／その他 書留 航空便)
      
     (*All SAL services have been suspended since 2020)
4. Instructions for Handling Non-Delivery of Postal Parcels
   If a postal parcel is not delivered, you have the option to choose between having the parcel returned to you or treating it as abandoned. If you opt for a return, the method used to ship the parcel back will be the same as the method used for the initial shipment (export). 
    
5. Set up the Shipments preferences.
   If you are a Shopify customer and you have not set a weight for each item in Shopify (= weight: 0), please uncheck it. Otherwise, an error will occur because a valid value is not reflected in the weight item for each product when creating a JP Post international label

Postponement delivery slip for JapanPost
If you would like to print out the “postponement delivery slip (後納郵便物等差出票 / deferred payment)”, you need to input your Yubin Biz Card number on the page above before creating Japan Post shipping labels. Also, adding a parcel weight will be mandatory upon shipping label creation, in order to generate the postponement delivery report.