No.  The costs to sell and ship products into Japan will be about the same as selling in other marketplaces around the world. The shipping costs could be lower and the speed faster if you are sourcing your products from China or Asian countries.  Japan is a lot closer to these manufacturing regions and you can get them there in weeks rather than months. This allows you to turn over your inventory faster to save you time and money and free up your cash flow from having to order months and months of inventory than if you were shipping products to the US or EU from Asia. Moreover, the Japanese Yen is at a 30-year low against the US Dollar.  This means that things in Japan will feel cheaper than before. Couple that with the fact that Japan has been in a long period of stagnation and prices have not risen significantly.  This means that Japan may not be as “expensive” to do business in as you think!  In fact for some people it may be a bargain especially if you can add an additional $300-500k to your revenue!