Sending a package to a post office in Japan from overseas [closed]

I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I wasn't sure which stackexchange site I should post this too.

I currently live in the UK and send monthly packages to my friend who lives in Tokyo, Japan. Due to a recent personal problem, I am no longer able to send packages directly to her house. Therefore she told me to send it to a post office instead and she would collect it from there. After some extensive googling, I found that this kind of service is called "kyoku dome" (局留め) but there doesn't seem to be a guide for my situation. Also this only seems to be able to be done inside of Japan but I am unsure. I have asked my Japanese friends but they either don't know or haven't sent packages to a post office in Japan from outside of Japan.

Is it possible for me to send a package, addressed to a post office in Japan with her name on it, from the UK and somehow get my friend to collect it? Does anyone know the procedure?

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Is Japan accepting international mail?

However, Japan Post will still receive and deliver any mail sent from those countries to Japan. It seems the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is starting to affect Japan's national postal service. Japan Post has announced that it will temporarily stop accepting international mail destined for 153 countries.

Is the post office open in Japan?

Opening Hours Normal Japanese post offices are usually open Monday-Friday 9 am-5 pm for mail and Monday-Friday 9 am-4 pm for other services such as insurance, banking, postal orders and bill payments. Local post offices are closed at weekends and national holidays.

Can packages be sent to Japan?

Cost & delivery speeds for shipping to Japan from the USUSPS offers flat rate box shipping to Japan ranging from $40.55 to $106.55 for delivery within 6 to 10 days. And we calculated the following rates using each carrier's pricing calculators for a consistent example of a 2.2 lbs package in November 2021.

Is Japan Post suspended?

We continue to temporarily suspend acceptance of mail items destined to these countries and territories because their postal operators are still not accepting inbound postal items and/or our transportation performance remains significantly reduced due to reduction of flights from/to Japan.

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