Thanks Griffin,
I did some research a found a forwarding service in Japan.
http://www.tenso.com/en/
It looks like they only charge a one off handling fee of around $8 depending on conversion rate + international shipping cost.
It will come down to whether I can pay for artfire and the shipping to this forwarding service via paypal/cc as the forwarding company does not accept cod or pay on delivery etc.
Anyway my 2012 book is on its way from HLJ as I write, so I'll post my success' and/or failures up here when artfire is available to order.