Tourist to Japan not allowed to buy prepard phone cards

File under Travel. Foreigners visiting Japan for a short period are not allow to purchase the prepaid start-up cards for mobile phones that cost a negligible amount.

The policy requires the subscribers to produce documents such as water and electricity bills to verify that they are residents of the country to be eligible to buy them.

[via The Star]

emily | 7:59 AM | News, Buzz |
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