Cross-border Japan sellers
They need tooling that talks to Japanese marketplaces and payment providers without delay.
Unmetered DC I plans keep sync jobs running all month, and PayPal billing suits sellers paying from abroad.
Four Tokyo locations · KVM · 10 Gb/s hosts
Deploy a KVM virtual private server in Tokyo with Intel CPUs, SSD or NVMe storage, layer 3/4 DDoS filtering and root or RDP access. Four Japanese data center ranges start at $18.99 a month, with credentials delivered within 1 to 12 hours of payment.
Most locations force a trade-off between fast storage and generous traffic. The JP DC I range in Tokyo removes it. Every plan combines ECC memory, NVMe storage, a 1 Gbps port and unlimited bandwidth, and the Windows price is identical to the Linux price from the 4 GB tier upward. The ladder is unusually long too: ten steps from a 2-vCore starter at $20.99 to a 24-vCore, 32 GB, 410 GB machine at $298.99. That means a project can start small in Tokyo and climb through the same data center as it grows, instead of hunting for a different range or city once traffic picks up.
Compare four Tokyo data center ranges and order the configuration that matches your project. JP DC I offers NVMe with unlimited bandwidth and equal Linux and Windows pricing; JP DC II gives SSD instances with monthly transfer quotas and separate Windows rows; JP DC III is a budget Linux line on a 1 Gbps port; JP DC IV focuses on more cores and RAM per dollar. Pick a plan, click Order Now, customize it on the configuration page, review the details and complete checkout. Your credentials then arrive by email.
| CPU Cores | RAM | Storage | Bandwidth | Port | OS | Price | Order |
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| vCore x2 | 2 GB ECC | 40 GB NVMe | Unlimited | 1 Gbps | $20.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| vCore x2 | 4 GB ECC | 60 GB NVMe | Unlimited | 1 Gbps | $36.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| vCore x4 | 6 GB ECC | 70 GB NVMe | Unlimited | 1 Gbps | $57.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| vCore x4 | 8 GB ECC | 90 GB NVMe | Unlimited | 1 Gbps | $83.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| vCore x6 | 10 GB ECC | 100 GB NVMe | Unlimited | 1 Gbps | $108.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| vCore x8 | 12 GB ECC | 150 GB NVMe | Unlimited | 1 Gbps | $148.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| vCore x10 | 14 GB ECC | 170 GB NVMe | Unlimited | 1 Gbps | $178.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| vCore x16 | 16 GB ECC | 210 GB NVMe | Unlimited | 1 Gbps | $218.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| vCore x20 | 24 GB ECC | 310 GB NVMe | Unlimited | 1 Gbps | $258.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| vCore x24 | 32 GB ECC | 410 GB NVMe | Unlimited | 1 Gbps | $298.99 / Month | Order Now |
NVMe storage with unlimited bandwidth, lowest costs from Japanese territory, same pricing for Linux and Windows OS, extra IPs available.
| # of Cores | RAM | SSD Storage | Bandwidth | OS | Price | Order |
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| 01 | 1 GB | 25 GB | 1000 GB | $19 / Month | Order Now | |
| 01 | 2 GB | 55 GB | 2000 GB | $34 / Month | Order Now | |
| 02 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 3000 GB | $59 / Month | Order Now | |
| 04 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 4000 GB | $111 / Month | Order Now | |
| 06 | 16 GB | 320 GB | 5000 GB | $215 / Month | Order Now | |
| 08 | 32 GB | 640 GB | 6000 GB | $298 / Month | Order Now | |
| 01 | 2 GB | 55 GB | 2000 GB | $49 / Month | Order Now | |
| 02 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 3000 GB | $99 / Month | Order Now | |
| 04 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 4000 GB | $199 / Month | Order Now | |
| 06 | 16 GB | 320 GB | 5000 GB | $299 / Month | Order Now |
Credentials usually arrive instantly; at most they are emailed within 12 hours after order and payment confirmation.
| CPU Cores | RAM | SSD Storage | Port | Bandwidth | OS | Price | Order |
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| 01 | 1 GB | 30 GB | 1 Gbps | 1500 GB | $18.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| 02 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 1 Gbps | 2000 GB | $28.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| 04 | 2 GB | 20 GB | 1 Gbps | 2500 GB | $39.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| 02 | 2 GB | 80 GB | 1 Gbps | 2500 GB | $48.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| 03 | 3 GB | 60 GB | 1 Gbps | 2500 GB | $59.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| 04 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 1 Gbps | 4000 GB | $73.99 / Month | Order Now |
Best for low-budget projects with any Linux distribution.
| CPU Cores | RAM | Storage | Bandwidth | OS | Price | Order |
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| 01 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 1000 GB - Unlimited | $26.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| 02 | 4 GB | 50 GB | 1000 GB - Unlimited | $48.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| 04 | 8 GB | 50 GB | 2000 GB - Unlimited | $78.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| 08 | 16 GB | 50 GB | 2000 GB - Unlimited | $113.99 / Month | Order Now | |
| 16 | 32 GB | 50 GB | 2000 GB - Unlimited | $216.99 / Month | Order Now |
More resources at the lowest cost, with the same price tag for Linux and Windows OS.
Available add-ons
They need tooling that talks to Japanese marketplaces and payment providers without delay.
Unmetered DC I plans keep sync jobs running all month, and PayPal billing suits sellers paying from abroad.
They want low ping for players spread from Hokkaido to Kyushu.
Tokyo sits near the center of Japan's network, and game servers are permitted on every range.
They want a Japanese IP for the lowest monthly cost.
DC III Linux plans start at $18.99 with a 1 Gbps port, the cheapest entry point on this page.
Japan is an island nation in East Asia with centuries of history and one of the largest economies on the planet. After the Second World War the country rebuilt itself around manufacturing and engineering, and today it is known worldwide for electronics, cars, robotics and games. Continuous innovation is still part of daily life there, from payment systems to rail networks.
With a population of roughly 125 million, Japan is also a vast consumer market. Online visibility decides how much of that market a business can capture, and Japanese users are used to fast, polished websites. If your servers sit in Europe or North America, every page request crosses an ocean before it reaches a visitor in Osaka or Sapporo.
A Japanese VPS in Tokyo removes that distance. Tokyo is the country's capital and network center, so a server there delivers the lowest practical latency to users across Honshu and the other main islands. That speed improves user experience, conversion rates and the location signals search engines use, which helps you compete in Google Japan and Yahoo! Japan results.
Our Tokyo platform runs on KVM with Intel processors and solid-state storage. Each instance has its own non-shared CPU and RAM allocation, root or Administrator access, and the freedom to run any legal workload: web, email, proxy or game server. You focus on your business plan and growth strategy; we handle the hardware, network and virtualization layer underneath.
Tokyo is the capital of Japan and one of the most connected cities in the world. The greater Tokyo area holds a large share of the country's population, its headquarters companies and its digital industries, and it is the main meeting point for domestic and international networks. A server there sits at the center of Japanese internet traffic rather than at its edge.
From Tokyo, latency to Yokohama, Saitama, Chiba and the rest of the Kanto region is minimal, and routes to Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka and Sapporo remain short. That means a single Tokyo VPS can deliver consistent loading across the whole country, which is rarely true for a server hosted in Singapore or the US West Coast.
Tokyo also works as a gateway to the wider Asia-Pacific region. South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong are relatively close, and trans-Pacific routes to North America land on Japan's coast. If your audience is mainly Japanese with some regional overlap, Tokyo is a balanced choice.
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) has no daylight saving, which keeps cron schedules, backups and maintenance windows simple. For teams serving Japanese customers, it also means support hours and server time line up neatly with local business days.
JP DC I is the NVMe line. Every plan has ECC memory, unlimited bandwidth and a 1 Gbps port. It starts with a Linux-only 2 vCore, 2 GB, 40 GB NVMe instance at $20.99 and runs up to 24 vCores, 32 GB RAM and 410 GB NVMe at $298.99. From the 4 GB tier ($36.99) upward, Linux and Windows cost the same.
JP DC II uses SSD storage with fixed monthly transfer. Linux plans start at 1 core, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD and 1,000 GB of traffic for $19 and grow to 8 cores, 32 GB RAM, 640 GB SSD and 6,000 GB for $298. Windows has its own rows from $49 (1 core, 2 GB, 55 GB) to $299 (6 cores, 16 GB, 320 GB). Large SSD volumes make this range useful for storage-heavy projects.
JP DC III is the budget Linux range on a 1 Gbps port. Prices begin at $18.99 for 1 core, 1 GB RAM, 30 GB SSD and 1,500 GB of transfer, and the largest plan offers 4 cores, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD and 4,000 GB for $73.99. It suits bots, small sites and personal VPN nodes.
JP DC IV prioritizes compute. Each plan has 50 GB of storage but generous cores and RAM, from 1 core and 2 GB at $26.99 to 16 cores and 32 GB at $216.99, with 1,000 to 2,000 GB of transfer and unlimited options. Plans from 2 cores upward support Windows at the same price as Linux, making DC IV a strong choice for RDP desktops and CPU-bound applications.
We recommend going location specific when you target a particular market, even if your company is international. Hosting in the country helps search engines understand the location and audience of your business, and Japanese users notice when a site responds immediately rather than after a long overseas round trip.
Trust matters a great deal in Japan. Shoppers look for Japanese-language content, prices in yen, local payment options and pages that behave like domestic services. A Tokyo IP address and fast response times complete that impression and reduce bounce rates on mobile networks.
Speed is also measurable in search. Core Web Vitals, time to first byte and overall page load all improve when the server is near the user. For e-commerce stores, news sites, travel portals and SaaS landing pages competing for Japanese keywords, a local server removes one of the easiest technical disadvantages to fix.
If you are not ready for a full VPS yet, our Japan web hosting plans offer a simpler entry point. When you need root access, custom software or more resources, a Tokyo virtual server is the natural next step.
Our Tokyo hardware hosts each have a 10 Gb/s connection that is shared among the VPS instances on that host. Individual plans on JP DC I and JP DC III show a 1 Gbps port. The actual speed available at any moment depends on current host activity, network and internet conditions, the source and destination hosts, and other factors outside a single server.
Several carriers are in use at each Tokyo data center, and the exact routes vary with location and current network conditions. Multiple upstreams give traffic alternative paths, which helps keep latency stable and reduces the impact of a problem on any one provider.
For traffic accounting, JP DC I includes unlimited bandwidth. On ranges with a monthly quota, any overage is billed at $0.025 per GB, reflecting higher regional transit costs in Japan. Choosing the right range for your expected traffic keeps your monthly bill predictable.
For audiences beyond Japan, you can combine a Tokyo node with a server in a neighboring market. Our South Korea VPS and Hong Kong VPS plans are common partners for projects that serve all of East Asia from a few close locations.
Every Tokyo VPS includes network-level DDoS protection. It handles volumetric layer 3 and layer 4 floods of up to 10 gigabits per second and roughly 500,000 packets per second. That covers many of the bandwidth-saturation attacks that commonly target game servers, proxies and small websites.
It is important to understand the limits. Other attack types, including reflection attacks, TCP SYN floods and all application-layer (layer 7) attacks, are not stopped by this filtering. If your project is likely to be targeted that way, plan additional protection inside or in front of your server.
Practical measures include a reverse proxy or CDN in front of websites, rate limiting in Nginx or your application, SYN cookies and connection limits in the Linux kernel, fail2ban for login endpoints, and firewall rules that only expose the ports you actually use. Windows servers benefit from the built-in firewall and restricting RDP to known IP addresses.
Being clear about what the filter covers helps you design the right defense rather than assume everything is handled. Our support team can explain what we see at the network edge if your Tokyo server comes under attack.
Our Tokyo data centers do not impose heavy usage restrictions; we work on fair use. You can install a game server or a proxy server on your instance, as well as web, email and database servers, provided the use is legal. That flexibility is one of the main reasons customers choose a VPS over shared hosting.
Japan has one of the world's most active gaming communities, and players there are sensitive to ping. Hosting a Minecraft, Rust, ARK or Counter-Strike server in Tokyo keeps response times low for Japanese players. JP DC I's NVMe storage helps with map loading and world saves, and DC IV's core counts suit modded servers.
Proxy and VPN operators use Tokyo nodes to provide Japanese IP addresses for localized search checks, ad verification, streaming QA and app store testing. Unlimited bandwidth on JP DC I is ideal for that kind of traffic, while JP DC III offers a lower-cost option for lighter personal use.
For websites and SaaS, a Tokyo VPS can host WordPress, Shopify-alternative storefronts, headless CMS back ends, APIs and analytics dashboards close to Japanese users. Add a second node later if you want a separate database or staging server.
Linux is the most widely used web server operating system, and every Tokyo range supports it. You can choose common distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux, with root access for complete control over packages, kernel parameters and security tools.
Windows is the choice when you rely on SQL Server, the .NET framework or remote desktop work. Windows instances are delivered with RDP Administrator access. JP DC I and JP DC IV charge the same price for Windows and Linux on supported plans, while JP DC II has separate Windows pricing. Windows Server 2012 and 2016 are also available in the add-on list.
For server and site management, we recommend Plesk Obsidian on Windows and cPanel/WHM on Linux. Both are offered as add-ons, and both make it easier to manage domains, email accounts, databases and SSL certificates without living in the command line.
Each Tokyo order is delivered with essential security configuration and optimization applied automatically before handover. After that, you control the system, so keep packages updated and review firewall rules as your project changes.
We recommend buying a little more than you need at the start. Once a Tokyo instance is fully utilized, growing usually means ordering a separate, larger instance and moving your data across, so a plan with headroom saves time and effort later.
During ordering you can also choose upgraded options such as extra RAM, bandwidth or disk space where the configuration page offers them. Additional IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, automated backups, Windows Server licenses, cPanel and Plesk, and server management are all available as add-ons.
As a rough guide: a personal VPN or small bot runs comfortably on JP DC III's entry plan; a business website or small store fits JP DC I's 4 GB or 6 GB plans; a busy game server or several RDP users benefit from JP DC IV's 8 or 16 core plans; and storage-heavy workloads suit JP DC II's larger SSD tiers.
Modern server management has also moved well beyond manual configuration. Free tools and paid modules for monitoring, deployment and backup can save you hours each month, and many of them install in minutes on a Tokyo VPS with root access.
Four Tokyo ranges give Japanese projects a choice between unmetered NVMe plans and cheaper metered SSD plans. These are the workloads that fit them best.
Sellers who list on Japanese marketplaces often run their own inventory sync, price tracking and order export tools. A Tokyo VPS keeps those scripts close to the marketplace APIs and to Japanese payment gateways. The DC I range starts at $20.99 a month with unlimited traffic, so frequent catalog pulls never turn into a surprise overage bill.
Players in Osaka, Fukuoka and Sapporo all route through Tokyo easily, which makes the capital a natural home for a Minecraft network, a fighting-game lobby or a Discord bot cluster. Game and proxy servers are explicitly allowed on these plans, and the higher DC I tiers offer up to 24 vCores for busy modded servers.
Rank trackers and ad verification tools need a Japanese IP to see Google.co.jp and Yahoo! Japan results the way local searchers do. A small DC III Linux plan at $18.99 handles scheduled scraping jobs comfortably, and its 1 Gbps port finishes large crawls quickly within the 1,500 GB monthly allowance.
Foreign companies with a small Tokyo office often need a shared Windows desktop for accounting software that expects Japanese locale settings. DC I and DC IV charge the same for Windows as for Linux, so a 4-core, 8 GB desktop costs $78.99 in DC IV, with Administrator access over RDP from day one.
Teams localizing an app for Japan can mirror production on a Tokyo server and test character encoding, date formats and payment flows against real Japanese network conditions. Root access lets you install any stack, and snapshots of your configuration can be rebuilt quickly when a release candidate needs a clean environment.
Fan communities, subtitle groups and media blogs serve heavy images and video previews to Japanese readers. The DC I range pairs NVMe storage with unlimited bandwidth, so a 150 GB or 210 GB plan can hold a large media library and serve it without counting every gigabyte that leaves the Tokyo server.
Run through these points so the Tokyo range you pick matches your project from the first day.
Tokyo is the main landing point for trans-Pacific and intra-Asian routes into Japan, so a server here serves the whole archipelago well and sits a short hop from Korea, Taiwan and the Chinese coast. Host machines share a 10 Gb/s uplink, and the DC I and DC III plans expose a 1 Gbps port to each instance. If you exceed a metered allowance, extra traffic is billed at $0.025 per GB. For audiences in North America, Tokyo is often the most direct Asian city to pair with a US server, because many Pacific routes terminate on the Japanese side first.
These features come with every Japanese virtual private server, based on how our Tokyo infrastructure is built and run.
Volumetric floods up to 10 Gb/s and about 500,000 packets per second are mitigated at the network edge. Reflection, SYN floods and application-layer attacks need your own additional protection.
Each Tokyo host connects at 10 Gb/s, shared among its instances, with multiple carriers per data center for alternative routes and steady performance.
We take care of infrastructure and data security at the platform level so your Japanese server starts from a safe baseline, with resources isolated from other tenants.
Provisioning is largely automated, so most orders are ready almost instantly. During busy periods, delivery still happens within 12 hours of payment confirmation.
KVM gives each Tokyo VM its own kernel and dedicated CPU and RAM allocation, providing stable performance over long periods with minimal interference.
Our Tokyo facility works on fair use rather than strict bans, so you can run game servers, proxies, VPNs and other legal workloads on your instance.
Choose NVMe on JP DC I or SSD on the other ranges, all backed by Intel processors for quick database queries, file access and page rendering.
Select extra IPs, Windows Server licenses, automated backups, cPanel or Plesk, and management when ordering, along with extra RAM, bandwidth or disk where offered.
Japan is often seen as an expensive hosting market, partly because of higher regional bandwidth costs. Our Tokyo plans are priced to stay accessible: the JP DC III entry plan costs $18.99 a month, and JP DC I offers an NVMe server with unlimited traffic from $20.99. You can start working in a Japanese environment within hours of ordering.
Our experience with KVM virtualization and custom networking lets us keep those prices low without reducing quality. Every plan includes root-level access on Linux or Administrator access on Windows, so you have the same control you would have on your own hardware, physically located in Tokyo.
Japan's digital economy is broad, and the customers who benefit most from a Tokyo VPS are those whose users, partners or data sources are already in the country. Fast domestic delivery matters for anything interactive, transactional or time-sensitive.
Foreign companies entering Japan also use a local server as a low-commitment test. Before hiring local staff or signing a long contract, you can run a Japanese-language storefront or landing page from Tokyo, measure demand and adjust your offer, then scale the server or move to bare metal when the numbers justify it.
Sometimes a virtual machine is not enough. If you need every core, every gigabyte of RAM and every disk to yourself, with no other tenants on the host, a dedicated server in the same part of the world is the logical upgrade.
Our dedicated server in Japan keeps your workload in the country, so you retain the same audience reach and local IP space while gaining full hardware resources. It is well suited to large databases, high-traffic e-commerce, video processing and reseller hosting for Japanese clients. Many customers start on a Tokyo VPS and move to bare metal once traffic justifies it.
Browse JP DC I to JP DC IV and choose the balance of storage type, cores, RAM and bandwidth that fits your project.
Pick your operating system and any upgrades or add-ons such as extra IPs, backups or a control panel license.
Check every detail on the summary page, then complete checkout. PayPal is accepted for new invoices and renewals.
Access details usually arrive almost instantly and in all cases within 12 hours of order and payment confirmation.
Tokyo is the capital of Japan and one of the world's most advanced cities, with excellent infrastructure and network connectivity. A server there provides versatile connections and low latency for users across the entire Japanese territory, from Kanto to Kansai, Kyushu and Hokkaido, which means faster loading and a better experience for local visitors.
Provisioning is usually close to instant because the process is automated. When many orders are in the queue, we commit to delivering your Tokyo server within a maximum of 12 hours after order and payment confirmation. Login details are sent to your registered email address.
We recommend buying the resources you expect to need when you first order. Once a plan's resources are fully used, growing usually means ordering a separate, larger instance and migrating your data to it. Extra RAM, bandwidth or disk can be selected on the configuration page during ordering where available.
Because regional transit costs are higher in Japan, bandwidth used beyond a plan's monthly quota is billed at $0.025 per GB. JP DC I plans include unlimited bandwidth, so this only applies to ranges with a fixed transfer allowance. Pick a plan that matches your expected traffic to avoid overage.
Yes. Every Tokyo server order receives the necessary security configuration and optimization before delivery. The process is fully automated, so your server starts from a sound baseline. After handover, keep the operating system patched and adjust firewall rules to match the services you run.
Many panels exist, but we recommend Plesk Obsidian for Windows servers and cPanel/WHM for Linux. Both are available as add-ons during ordering. They simplify managing websites, email, DNS, databases and SSL certificates, which is especially helpful for agencies hosting several Japanese client sites.
Yes, we offer both. Linux is the most common web server platform and works well for web stacks, VPNs and containers. Windows is preferred for SQL Server, .NET applications and remote desktop use. Windows is available on JP DC I and JP DC IV at Linux prices on supported plans, and on separate rows in JP DC II.
You get Administrator user access on Windows servers through RDP and root-level access on all Linux virtual private servers. That means you can install software, change system settings, manage users and configure the firewall exactly as your project requires.
PayPal is one of the most secure and convenient ways to pay globally, and you can use it to settle your first invoice as well as all renewals for your Tokyo server. Available options are shown at checkout when you place your order.
No. It mitigates volumetric layer 3 and layer 4 floods up to about 10 Gb/s and 500,000 packets per second. Reflection attacks, TCP SYN floods and application-layer attacks are not stopped, so high-risk projects should add a reverse proxy, rate limiting or other protection of their own.
JP DC IV is often the best value for remote desktop use, because it offers many cores and plenty of RAM per dollar, and Windows costs the same as Linux from the 2-core plan upward. JP DC I is the alternative when you want NVMe speed and unlimited traffic. For several simultaneous users, start with at least 8 GB of RAM.
Yes. With root access and a cPanel/WHM or Plesk Obsidian license, one Tokyo server can host many client websites, each with its own domain, email accounts and SSL certificate. Add extra IPv4 addresses if some clients need a dedicated IP. Choose a plan with enough RAM and storage for all sites combined, with room to grow.
Choose a Japanese plan from $18.99 a month and get root or RDP access within hours. Need help picking a Tokyo range? Our team is available to assist.
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