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Sword

The postal parcel addressed to you is temporarily being held at Japan Post Co.,Ltd. Tokyo International Branch because your parcel may contain an item that is subject of control under Firearms and Swords Possession Control Law.  Please consult the following office and confirm the followings and inform Customs about the result of your consultation.

 

-If the item is subject of control under Firearms and Swords Possession Control Law

 

-What documents should be prepared to import the item

 

Trade License Division,

 

Trade Control Department,

 

Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau,

 

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),

 

Tel: 03-3501-1511

 

If the item were subject of control under Firearms and Swords Possession Control Law

 

Ø        If you need to submit Import License (I/L)

 

Please submit the original copy of I/L Jump to “Import License

 

Ø        If you do not need to submit I/L

 

²       If you are a holder of the Sword Registration/Possession Certificate (Toukenrui-shojitou-kyokasho, hereafter Certificate), please fill in and mail the returnable post card (located at the bottom of the arrival notice) with your name, address and telephone number (where you can be reached between the hours of 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays).  When you mail the postcard, please remember to enclose the original copy of the Certificate concerned, an envelope, and relevant postal stamp for return mail (The enclosed document will be returned to you by mail).  If you have any problem submitting the original of the Certificate by mail, please consult Tokyo Branch Customs Office for Overseas Mail.

 

 Ø        If you are not a holder of the Certificate, you cannot import the item into Japan.  In this case, you have two alternatives for the disposition of the item: to have all the contents of the parcel returned to sender or voluntarily abandon the item in question and import the rest of the contents.

 

 ²       If you decided to return the parcel

 

Please fill in and mail the returnable post card (located at the bottom of the arrival notice) with your name, address, and telephone number.  In the post card please write clearly that you wish to send the parcel back to the sender.  In this case, you cannot divide the package into two: what you can bring and what you cannot.

 

 ²       If you decided to abandon the item in question

 

Please fill in and mail the returnable post card (located at the bottom of the arrival notice) with your name, address, and telephone number.  In the post card please write clearly that you wish to abandon the item you cannot get permission for. Declaration for Abandonment of Articles will be delivered to you in return.  Please fill in and mail the Declaration for Abandonment of Articles and return it to Customs.  Then the rest of the contents of the parcel will be delivered to you.

 

If the item were not subject of control under Firearms and Swords Possession Control Law and it is not necessary to submit the I/L or the Certificate

 

Please fill in and mail the returnable post card (located at the bottom of the arrival notice) with your name, address and telephone number (where you can be reached between the hours of 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays).  On the post card, please write clearly the reason why you do not have to submit the I/L or the Certificate.