Correction: A letter up to 20g (Standardbrief, no more than 5mm thick) from Germany to Japan (outside Europe) costs EUR1.70 now (thank you Deutsche Post :-p). This surely exceeds USD2 - USD3 required now for covering the postage. Reference URL: http://www.deutschepost.de/dpag?tab=1&skin=hi&check=yes&lang=de_EN&xmlFile=900424 Thanks Peter, W2IRT for telling me about this. 73 // Kenji Rikitake, JJ1BDX(/3) // USD: US Dollar, EUR: Euro (ISO4217)