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Yet another online retailer that specializes in Japanese merchandise including anime and game products announced the President Donald Trump “Termination of De Minimis Treatment for All Countries” executive order is halting service to the US. Tokyo Otaku Mode is also suspending shipments following the Japan Post announcement and shared its own statement on the situation. We have no idea when shipments will resume after halting on August 27, 2025.
As a reminder, Trump declared that de minimis treatment is over. Before, shipments that were under $800 were exempt. They are now not and tariffs and fees will apply. Due to the lack of preparations and ambiguity, Japan Post announced the pause. Tokyo Otaku Mode is also pausing US shipments as a result of that order and nobody knowing how the new tariffs and fees would be collected from customers.
Tokyo Otaku Mode does have US warehouse shipments as well as ones from Japan, and it noted people can see if they are affected by going to the Orders page and looking for updates. If one of the packages is affected, it will be assigned the “Pending (Shipping Method Unavailable)” status. It also said that, if someone is concerned, they can visit the store’s official inquiry page with their order number and request indefinite order storage. It said this would apply even if Japan Post starts shipping again, so someone could perhaps attempt to hold things to see if tariffs reduce.
This is one of multiple stores making this move as a result of the Trump executive order and tariffs. Others included Good Smile Company and Hobby Link Japan, with AmiAmi promising a future update on its US order statuses.
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