Battery Guide

Non Lithium Batteries

Button Cells

Devices with installed button cells can be shipped.
Examples include watches and game controllers using CR2032, CR2025, BR2032, LIR2032, LR44 or SR626SW cells.
Loose button cells can be shipped if they are not dangerous goods.

Lithium Batteries

Japan Post accepts lithium batteries only for the following countries.
For countries not listed, only FedEx is available.

Japan Post eligibility per Country

* Air includes EMS, International Air Packet, Postal Parcel (Air)
* Sea includes Postal Parcel (Surface Mail)

Country	Air	Sea
Afghanistan	○	×
Albania	○	×
Anguilla	○	○
Antigua and Barbuda	○	×
Aruba	○	×
Ascension	○	○
Australia (incl. Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Norfolk Island)	○	×
Austria	○	×
Bahamas	○	×
Bahrain	○	×
Bangladesh	○	○
Barbados	○	×
Belarus	×	○
Belgium	○	×
Belize	○	×
Benin	○	×
Bermuda	○	○
Bhutan	○	×
Bolivia	○	×
Botswana	×	○
Brazil	○	×
British Virgin Islands	○	×
Brunei	○	○
Burkina Faso	○	×
Burundi	○	×
Cambodia	○	○
Cameroon	○	×
Canada	○	○
Cape Verde	○	×
Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius)	○	×
Cayman Islands	○	○
Central African Republic	○	×
Chad	○	×
China	○	○
Comoros	○	×
Cook Islands	○	×
Costa Rica	○	×
Cote d’Ivoire	○	×
Cuba	○	×
Curacao	○	×
Denmark (incl. Faroe Islands)	○	×
Dominican Republic	○	×
Ecuador	○	×
Equatorial Guinea	○	×
Estonia	○	×
Eswatini	○	○
Falkland Islands	○	○
Fiji	○	○
Finland	○	×
France (incl. Corsica, Andorra, Mayotte)	○	×
French Guiana	○	×
French Polynesia	○	×
Gabon	○	×
Gambia	○	○
Gibraltar	○	○
Greenland	○	×
Grenada	○	×
Guadeloupe (incl. Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin)	○	×
Guatemala	○	×
Guinea	○	×
Guinea-Bissau	○	×
Guyana	○	×
Haiti	○	×
Honduras	○	×
Hong Kong	○	○
Iceland	○	×
India	○	×
Indonesia	○	○
Israel	○	○
Jamaica	○	×
Kazakhstan	×	○
Kiribati	○	×
Kosovo	○	×
Kyrgyzstan	○	○
Latvia	○	×
Lesotho	○	○
Liberia	○	×
Libya	○	×
Liechtenstein	○	×
Lithuania	○	×
Luxembourg	○	×
Malawi	○	×
Malaysia	○	○
Mali	○	×
Marshall Islands	○	×
Martinique	○	×
Mauritania	○	×
Mauritius	○	○
Mexico	○	×
Micronesia	○	×
Moldova	○	×
Monaco	○	×
Montenegro	○	×
Montserrat	○	×
Myanmar	○	×
Namibia	○	×
Nauru	○	×
Netherlands	○	×
New Caledonia	○	×
New Zealand	○	×
Nicaragua	○	○
Niger	○	×
Nigeria	○	×
North Korea	○	○
North Macedonia	○	×
Palau	○	×
Panama	○	×
Papua New Guinea	○	×
Paraguay	○	×
Philippines	○	○
Pitcairn Islands	○	○
Poland	○	○
Republic of the Congo	○	×
Reunion	○	×
Russia	○	○
Saint Helena	○	○
Saint Kitts and Nevis	○	×
Saint Lucia	○	○
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	○	×
Saint Vincent	○	×
Samoa	○	×
Sao Tome and Principe	○	×
Senegal	○	×
Seychelles	○	×
Sierra Leone	○	×
Singapore	○	○
Sint Maarten	○	×
Slovakia	○	×
Slovenia	○	○
Solomon Islands	○	×
South Korea	○	○
Sri Lanka	×	○
Suriname	○	×
Switzerland	○	×
Syria	○	×
Taiwan	○	○
Tajikistan	○	×
Timor-Leste	○	×
Togo	○	×
Tonga	○	×
Trinidad and Tobago	○	×
Tristan da Cunha	○	○
Turkey	○	×
Turkmenistan	○	×
Turks and Caicos Islands	○	○
Tuvalu	○	×
Ukraine	○	×
United Arab Emirates	○	×
United Kingdom	×	○
United States	○	×
Uruguay	○	×
US territories (Wake, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Saipan, Midway, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands)	○	×
Uzbekistan	○	○
Vanuatu	○	×
Venezuela	○	×
Vietnam	○	○
Wallis and Futuna	○	×
Yemen	○	×

*Data as of October 6, 2026.

Sources: Japan Post country list, Japan Post lithium battery conditions, Japan Post dangerous goods, FedEx lithium battery guide