KDP on Amazon.co.jp: prices, royalties and taxes

Amazon.co.jp sells to readers in Japan in JPY. KDP sells ebooks and paperbacks here. These are its prices, royalties and taxes.

The facts

Currency

JPY

Formats KDP sells here

ebooks and paperbacks

Ebook 70% royalty band

List prices from ¥250 to ¥1,650

Ebook delivery cost

¥1 per MB, on the 70% plan only; none for files of 10 MB or more

Tax inside the ebook price

10%, taken out before the royalty

KDP Select

Needed for the 70% royalty on sales in Japan

Paperback royalty

50% of the list price below ¥1,000, 60% from it, less printing; the highest list price is ¥30,000

Consumption tax on print

10%, added by Amazon to your list price at checkout

Fixed book price law

Japan: in force

Home store for

Japanese books

Worked examples

A 2 MB ebook at ¥250, the lowest price on the 70% plan, earns about ¥158 a sale in KDP Select.

A 300-page 6 × 9 inch paperback in black ink costs about ¥806 to print here. KDP's lowest list price for it is ¥1,344, where 60% of the price only just covers printing, so a copy earns next to nothing; each ¥100 above that earns ¥60 more.

Estimates the way KDP's help pages describe them; KDP's own calculator has the final word.

Other marketplaces

All 17 marketplaces side by side, or your own book's numbers in the free KDP royalty calculator.

Sources

Checked on 17 October 2026 against KDP ebook list prices, KDP ebook pricing, KDP printing cost, KDP paperback royalty. Stores, agencies and laws change their rules: their own pages have the final word.