I order a lot of items from the UK and Royal Mail consistently gets items from the UK to Tokyo in 4 days. Ebay's Global shipping that uses Pitney Bowes costs the same yet they leave packages around the warehouse for an entire week before putting it on a plane to the destination. I’m currently at 10 days, the max for normal deliveries, and my package still hasn’t landed Japan-side. Absolute ripoff for the cost of postage.