Goods Across Borders · Customs rule card
Mobile Phones (Commercial) → Japan
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2026-07-25
No specific restrictions for personal mobile phones (commercial)
Details
No specific restrictions for personal mobile phones (commercial). In the reverse direction (taking mobile phones (commercial) out of Japan): restricted — Commercial-quantity mobile phones exported from Japan requires a commercial export declaration; samples at personal quantities move informally.
Quantity limit
Personal use
Leaving with this item
Commercial-quantity mobile phones exported from Japan requires a commercial export declaration; samples at personal quantities move informally.
Practical advice
Personal-use single phone clears as routine. Multiple unboxed phones may trigger commercial-intent scrutiny; Japan Customs (Ministry of Finance) applies duty + 10% VAT above the personal allowance.
Customs authority
Japan Customs (Ministry of Finance) · https://www.customs.go.jp