Service News
Improved Transit Time to Greater Tokyo area (Western Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama)
We are delighted to share the latest news about improvements to our service into the Greater Tokyo area.
With effect from May 9, 2011, the transit time for inbound International Priority (IP) or International Economy (IE) shipments from all origins to the following cities/wards in the greater Tokyo area will be improved by one business day:
- Western Tokyo: Hamura, Higashi-Yamato, Musashi-Murayama, Oume cities and Nishitama-gun, Mizuho-machi.
- Kanagawa prefecture: Yokohama city, Tsurumi-ku
- Saitama Prefecture: Soka and Yashio cities
Inbound shipments to the above destinations will be delivered on the same day that they arrive at Narita International Airport and complete customs clearance.
This expands the area already covered by this service improvement which was introduced in the following cities/wards in April last year:
Western Tokyo:
- 6 cities (Akishima, Tachikawa, Hachioji, Tama, Hino and Fuchu cities)
Kanagawa prefecture:
- 6 wards in Yokohama city (Kanazawa, Kanagawa, Kohoku, Naka, Nishi and Tsuzuki-ku)
- 3 wards in Kawasaki city (Nakahara, Kawasaki and Saiwai-ku)
Saitama Prefecture:
- 9-wards in Saitama city (Urawa, Ohmiya, Kita, Sakura, Chuo, Nishi, Midori, Minami and Minuma-ku)
- Kawaguchi city and Hatogaya-city
To ensure there are no delays with customs clearance, we will be grateful for your support in including accurate and detailed information in your shipping documents.
If you would like more information on this improvement and other FedEx services, please call our Customer Service Team.