A gift to the U.S. can go on a regular Japan Post label again

Same box of tea, same U.S. address. Send it to family for Christmas and you can make the label on Japan Post’s International Mail My Page. Send it to fill a paid order and there’s a step before you print. The October 14 notice called for a DDP number even on small gifts. The October 23 update made that extra registration optional through January 19, 2027, for gifts worth US$100 or less sent between individuals. If you do use the app, the provider charges a fee even when the duty comes out to zero. For a paid order of the same value, register with Zonos or SafePackage first, pay any duty shown and bring the label with its 13-digit DDP number. Local post offices that handle international mail can now take these parcels, too. If the clerk still asks for a code on the gift, October 23 is the update I’d pull up.