Timeline for Acceptance of Credit Cards in Japan
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| Sep 1, 2016 at 18:14 | vote | accept | Daxx | ||
| Sep 1, 2016 at 18:10 | vote | accept | Daxx | ||
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| Sep 1, 2016 at 14:42 | comment | added | hippietrail | 7-11 ATMs have had at least one period during which they did not accept foreign cards. I know because I arrived by ferry from South Korea and could not get bus fare and had to walk to town. So with this precedent, there is at least a small chance that it could happen again. ATMs can be quite a pain in Japan. Post offices are an even surer bet than 7-11 but are not as common, some have the ATM inside which is not helpful when the post office is closed, and some small rural post offices don't have an ATM at all. Citbank ATMs are another safe bet if you're in a big city. | |
| Aug 31, 2016 at 17:06 | comment | added | josh3736 | Also of note: Discover and JCB partnered a few years ago to accept each other's cards, so you can use Discover anywhere in Japan that accepts JCB (if you can convince the cashier that the card will work). | |
| Aug 31, 2016 at 9:01 | answer | added | nic | timeline score: 8 | |
| Aug 31, 2016 at 5:58 | answer | added | Blaszard | timeline score: 13 | |
| Aug 31, 2016 at 5:47 | answer | added | KH.Lee | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 31, 2016 at 2:26 | answer | added | Simon Richter | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 31, 2016 at 2:25 | answer | added | Creative Magic | timeline score: 16 | |
| Aug 31, 2016 at 0:09 | comment | added | The Wandering Coder | 7-11 ATMs accept most foreign cards so you will have no problems getting money out. However when using a card to pay bills at the register, there are some places that will not accept them. Due to the local abundance of credit cards, most of the time you will be able to pay by card. The most common are MasterCard, Visa, JCB. Amex and American Express and the places you are most able to use them are, family restaurants, supermarkets and large stores. | |
| Aug 30, 2016 at 20:15 | answer | added | JS Lavertu | timeline score: 15 | |
| Aug 30, 2016 at 19:45 | comment | added | Calchas | 7-11 has no problem with my Amex, just swipe (no signature). Smaller stores are a different matter. | |
| Aug 30, 2016 at 19:33 | comment | added | Daxx | @JonathanReez Thanks, I did read that but I was hoping for more recent information. | |
| Aug 30, 2016 at 19:27 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | Related: travel.stackexchange.com/questions/43228/… | |
| Aug 30, 2016 at 19:19 | history | asked | Daxx | CC BY-SA 3.0 |