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    Japan Car Shipping Hub — Export Vehicles from Japan Worldwide

    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.

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    Japan → Worldwide destinations

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    Japan to USA

    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.

    RoRo $1,450
    Cont. $2,400
    16-24d
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    Japan to Australia

    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.

    RoRo $1,350
    Cont. $2,200
    14-22d
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    Japan to UAE

    Japan to UAE shipping focuses on LHD JDM-spec SUVs and 4x4s arriving at Jebel Ali, the Middle East's busiest RoRo gateway.

    RoRo $1,100
    Cont. $1,900
    22-30d
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    Japan to Canada

    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.

    RoRo $1,500
    Cont. $2,500
    14-22d
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    Japan to Sri Lanka

    Japan to Sri Lanka has historically been a hybrid-heavy corridor into Colombo, with import policy reopening in phases through 2025-2026.

    RoRo $950
    Cont. $1,700
    18-26d
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    Japan to Nigeria

    Japan to Nigeria shipping focuses on left-hand-drive saloons and SUVs, mainly Toyota and Lexus, discharging at Tin Can Island in Lagos.

    RoRo $1,450
    Cont. $2,300
    30-42d
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    Japan to South Africa

    South Africa permits Japan imports only under tightly defined categories — returning residents, immigrants, and 40-year vintage stock with NRCS Letter of Authority.

    RoRo $1,500
    Cont. $2,400
    30-42d
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    Japan to Pakistan

    Japan to Pakistan is a high-volume small-car and kei-car corridor into Karachi, governed by the personal baggage / TR / gift schemes.

    RoRo $1,100
    Cont. $1,900
    22-32d
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    Japan to Spain

    Japan to Spain is the southern European JDM gateway, with Barcelona handling the bulk of enthusiast imports for ITV homologation.

    RoRo $1,900
    Cont. $2,800
    35-50d
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    Japan to UK

    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.

    RoRo $1,800
    Cont. $2,700
    35-48d
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    Japan to India

    Japan to India imports are heavily restricted with duty often exceeding 100%, channelled through Mumbai's JNPT for used vehicles.

    RoRo $1,200
    Cont. $2,000
    20-30d
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    Japan to Cyprus

    Cyprus is the EU's main right-hand-drive JDM market, with Limassol handling all imports from Japan via the Suez routing.

    RoRo $1,700
    Cont. $2,600
    32-45d
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    Japan to Turkey

    Japan to Turkey is a niche corridor — ÖTV consumption tax makes new mass-market imports unviable, so the trade focuses on classics and EVs.

    RoRo $1,600
    Cont. $2,500
    32-45d
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    Japan to Kenya

    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.

    RoRo $1,100
    Cont. $1,900
    26-36d
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    Japan to Saudi Arabia

    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.

    RoRo $1,200
    Cont. $2,000
    22-30d
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    Japan to Ghana

    Japan to Ghana ships LHD saloons and crossovers into Tema, with the overage penalty making sub-10-year stock the commercial sweet spot.

    RoRo $1,500
    Cont. $2,400
    32-45d
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    Japan to New Zealand

    Japan to New Zealand is one of the cleanest, most regulated RHD corridors in the world, with NZTA entry certification gating registration.

    RoRo $1,300
    Cont. $2,100
    18-26d
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    Japan to Jamaica

    Japan to Jamaica ships RHD economy stock into Kingston, with the Trade Board licence and age cap defining what's commercially viable.

    RoRo $1,700
    Cont. $2,600
    35-50d

    Why Japan is the world's #1 used vehicle export market

    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.

    Topical authority structure

    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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