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| ===== Confirmed providers ===== | ===== Confirmed providers ===== | ||
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| - | * At the time of writing, how they will handle the compliance changes in April 2026 are undetermined. | ||
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| - | ===== Plausibly working providers ===== | ||
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| + | * The cheaper "voice lite" plan does NOT support this feature even though it's an eSIM. | ||
| + | * If your existing Mobal eSIM doesn' | ||
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| + | ===== Old providers ===== | ||
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| ===== Phone number only, cannot be used outside of Japan ===== | ===== Phone number only, cannot be used outside of Japan ===== | ||
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| These providers are confirmed working to have phone numbers for foreigners / tourists, but the caveat is that they can only be used in Japan. If you want to sign into e.g., LINE or similar apps, you can do that, but you would need to return to Japan to get new SMS verification codes. | These providers are confirmed working to have phone numbers for foreigners / tourists, but the caveat is that they can only be used in Japan. If you want to sign into e.g., LINE or similar apps, you can do that, but you would need to return to Japan to get new SMS verification codes. | ||
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| Certain services, like Yahoo! Japan, PayPay, e-plus, pia, Lawson Ticket., require you to have a phone number to create an account and verify your identity((It is important to note that this may change. In the past, mercari worked but it no longer does. With the expansion of My Number Card on iPhone and Android, it is now easier than ever for developers to check the de-facto government ID in Japan. However, a phone number may still be the de-facto way to verify people for concerts and the like. The result of recent changes is undetermined.)). This is an anti-scalper / anti-fraud measure. Some Japanese services only send SMS verification codes. Sometimes, you just want to call restaurants to make reservations in Japanese. | Certain services, like Yahoo! Japan, PayPay, e-plus, pia, Lawson Ticket., require you to have a phone number to create an account and verify your identity((It is important to note that this may change. In the past, mercari worked but it no longer does. With the expansion of My Number Card on iPhone and Android, it is now easier than ever for developers to check the de-facto government ID in Japan. However, a phone number may still be the de-facto way to verify people for concerts and the like. The result of recent changes is undetermined.)). This is an anti-scalper / anti-fraud measure. Some Japanese services only send SMS verification codes. Sometimes, you just want to call restaurants to make reservations in Japanese. | ||
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| + | ===== MNP ===== | ||
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| + | Sakura Mobile and Mobal base offerings support MNP in and out. This is not using the one-stop flow. You need an MNP reservation with at least 8 days left usually. | ||
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| + | HanaCell doesn’t support MNP, and Mobal’s cheaper voice offering doesn’t either. | ||
| + | ===== Other providers? ===== | ||
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| + | If you have new providers, please submit them to me at [email protected]. I will publish your provider information. I only accept submissions for providers that provide voice and SMS services to non-residents. Ideal new providers also support this outside of Japan. | ||
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