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Dear visitor, if you know the answer to this question, please post it. Thank you! Not my mail! 2009/6/2 I moved into my current apartment about 18 months ago. I'm still getting the odd piece of mail for who ever it was who lived here before me. Maybe one item a month. Nothing important looking (no bills). I've been to the post office and told them that this name (on the letter) doesn't live here, stop sending me their mail. But yet, it continues. Its really difficult to me to get to the post office and usually requires me to take leave to do so, so i'm not prepared to take time off every time I get a piece of mail that isn't mine. Back home I would just write 'addressee not at this address' and put it back in the post box. Can I do something similar here? What in Japanese would I write? I don't really want to just throw out someone elses mail... by Kate (guest)   ... 2009/6/2 What I do is cross out the address with red ink, and write something like: "Atena-nin fumei."　宛名人不明 (addressee unknown) ...and drop it off into the posting box on street corner in your neighborhood. That would get the message across to the sender/post office. The reason why you continue to receive mails intended for the previous occupant maybe that it is not "postal mail" delivered by postal service, but "meeru bin" delivered by takuhaibin (courier) companies. The previous occupant may have been receiving some mail order catalogues or something that are delivered by courier service, and lost interest so never updated the address information. by AK rate this post as useful Place it outside & Put your name up 2009/6/2 Kate, You can write 宛名人不明 and put it right outside your own mail box, for the delivery man to see. Also, be sure you have your own name on your mail box. If the name on the mail box does not match the name on the envelope, the delivery man will send it back to the sender without even bothering you, no matter who the delivery man is employed by. Trust me, it has happened to me many times. And I was the person on the envelope who had long moved out and had informed all my senders about it. by Uco (guest) rate this post as useful . 2009/6/3 Thank you! Thats just the information I was looking for! by Kate (guest) rate this post as useful