The most comprehensive English-language hub for shipping cars out of Japan. Choose your destination below to open a country-specific pillar guide covering RoRo, container, costs, duty, transit time, ports, customs clearance and required documents — updated for 2026.
Japan to USA car shipping is the world's largest classic JDM corridor, dominated by the 25-year rule that releases new model years for legal import every January.
Japan to Australia is one of the most established right-hand-drive corridors, with weekly RoRo sailings and a deep SEVS-approved JDM workshop network for compliance.
Japan to UAE shipping focuses on LHD JDM-spec SUVs and 4x4s arriving at Jebel Ali, the Middle East's busiest RoRo gateway.
Canada's 15-year rule makes it the gateway market for late-model JDM enthusiasts a full decade ahead of the US 25-year window.
Japan to Sri Lanka has historically been a hybrid-heavy corridor into Colombo, with import policy reopening in phases through 2025-2026.
Japan to Nigeria shipping focuses on left-hand-drive saloons and SUVs, mainly Toyota and Lexus, discharging at Tin Can Island in Lagos.
South Africa permits Japan imports only under tightly defined categories — returning residents, immigrants, and 40-year vintage stock with NRCS Letter of Authority.
Japan to Pakistan is a high-volume small-car and kei-car corridor into Karachi, governed by the personal baggage / TR / gift schemes.
Japan to Spain is the southern European JDM gateway, with Barcelona handling the bulk of enthusiast imports for ITV homologation.
Japan to UK is the original European JDM corridor, with Southampton handling the bulk of RoRo arrivals and a mature broker network for IVA testing.
Japan to India imports are heavily restricted with duty often exceeding 100%, channelled through Mumbai's JNPT for used vehicles.
Cyprus is the EU's main right-hand-drive JDM market, with Limassol handling all imports from Japan via the Suez routing.
Japan to Turkey is a niche corridor — ÖTV consumption tax makes new mass-market imports unviable, so the trade focuses on classics and EVs.
Japan to Kenya is one of Africa's most active JDM corridors, with Mombasa handling weekly RoRo arrivals under a strict 8-year age cap.
Japan to Saudi Arabia is a left-hand-drive premium SUV and pickup corridor into Jeddah and Dammam, with SABER conformity the make-or-break document.
Japan to Ghana ships LHD saloons and crossovers into Tema, with the overage penalty making sub-10-year stock the commercial sweet spot.
Japan to New Zealand is one of the cleanest, most regulated RHD corridors in the world, with NZTA entry certification gating registration.
Japan to Jamaica ships RHD economy stock into Kingston, with the Trade Board licence and age cap defining what's commercially viable.
Japan exports more than 1.4 million used vehicles every year through auctions such as USS, TAA and JU. The country combines strict shaken roadworthy testing (which forces low-mileage owners to sell early), a right-hand-drive production base perfect for the UK, Australia, NZ, East Africa and the Caribbean, and a deep cold-stored stock of JDM performance icons that the USA and Canada markets pull through their 25-year and 15-year import windows.
This Japan hub is the parent of 18 country pillars. Each pillar is supported by RoRo, container, cost, time, duty, customs, documents, ports, process and complete-import-guide sections, all internally linked. Together with our group brand TheShipCars.co.uk (our official partner network for UK/EU destinations), we cover every leg of the Japan-to-anywhere journey.
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