A grandmother convicted of drug smuggling in Japan will seek to serve her sentence in Australia after losing an appeal against her conviction.

Perth woman Donna Nelson, 59, was handed a six-year sentence in December 2024 for bringing two kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan in January 2023.

In September, she lost an appeal against the conviction in Tokyo's High Court and had until Friday to launch another in the Supreme Court.

But her daughter Ashlee Charles confirmed Nelson wouldn't be doing so.

"Mum's ending the fight against her conviction and she will be applying for the international transfer of prisoner process (to serve her sentence)," Ms Charles told AAP.

"We came to this decision because we just want our mum home where she is close enough for regular visits."

Nelson was a

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