SMS pricing, +81

SMS pricing for Japan

One live route can deliver SMS to Japan. The lowest rate right now is $0.0214 per message.

Buy SMS to Japan Price an exact number

$0.0214/msg

Lowest rate, Mobile

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Number types

Per segment

Billed per message segment

Rates by number type

What a message to Japan costs

Number type	From /msg	Routes
MobileRate-sheet rows for mobile numbers, including per-operator breakouts.	$0.0214	1
Country-wide rateThe rate a route charges for any number it has no more specific row for.	$0.0214	1

Mobile operators

No operator breakouts

The routes to Japan price messages by number type rather than by operator. Price an exact number below to see each route's rate for it.

The market

The route live today

Sellers are never named on the exchange. Each route is shown by what you buy: its lowest rate and the quality its seller states.

All 1 route on the marketplace

#	From /msg	Tier
1	$0.0214	Standard

Live marketplace list rates as of 7 November 2026, refreshed hourly. Negotiated and private prices are not shown.

What every route charges for your number in Japan

Price a number

Enter a number or dial code to rank every route by what it charges for it, not by its cheapest rate.

How it works

Sending SMS to Japan

Messages to Japan (+81) are priced by each route's own rate sheet, by the longest matching prefix of the number, the same way the message is billed. Across the 1 route live today the lowest rates per message are mobile from $0.0214 (1 route) and country-wide rate from $0.0214 (1 route). The country-wide rate is what a route charges for a number it has no more specific row for.

Developer quickstarts API reference Routes to Japan

For carriers

Sell SMS routes to Japan

Have your own route to Japan? List it free: upload the rate sheet you already have, set your rate and keep it in full. Buyers see the route, its price and its terms, never who listed it.

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Questions

SMS to Japan: common questions

How much does it cost to send an SMS to Japan?

From $0.0214 per message on the marketplace right now, across 1 route (mobile from $0.0214 and country-wide rate from $0.0214). PacketExchange adds one fee: 2% of the rate via the API, never more than $0.001 per message.

Who carries the messages?

Carriers who list routes on the PacketExchange marketplace. Sellers stay anonymous and the exchange settles every message itself, so you compare routes on price, and the quality each seller states, and buy from the exchange.

Can I sell SMS to Japan on PacketExchange?

Yes. Carriers with their own SMS routes to Japan list them on the marketplace for free: upload the rate sheet you already have, set your own rate, and keep it in full, credited as each message completes. Buyers see the route, its price and its terms, never who listed it.

How do I start sending SMS to Japan?

Create an account, top up from $5, connect an SMS route to Japan from the marketplace, then send with POST /api/v1/comms/sms. Connecting a route has no setup fee: you pay per message from your balance.

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Send SMS to Japan from $0.0214

Open an account, top up from $5 and connect a route. No contract, no monthly plan.

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