No. You must prove you live in Japan.
Rules became more strict after the Obara-Lucy Blackman case.
Easiest way is to ask a friend who lives in Japan to accompany you to the
local convenience store.
Arjen van Blokland
www.104.com
At 13:55 02/01/31 +0200, you wrote:
>Regarding the recent discussion about keitais for tourists, aren't
>prepaid keitais still available to anybody who walks up and has
>around Y10000 and some form of ID, no residence needed? I'd been
>planned to get one in May when I return to Japan for a month,
>for the first time in my life as a tourist (gasp!).
>
>Cheers,
>--
>Jani Patokallio >O._, This day will not come again.
>jpatokal@iki.fi `..' Each minute is worth a priceless gem. -Takuan
>
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Received on Thu Jan 31 14:39:16 2002