No More Rental Phone or Prepaid Phone

Outgoing calls at 85 cent per minute and Free incoming calls

• You can use your phone immediately after arrival at an airport in Japan.
• Japanese phone number is assigned to you forever without any hidden fee. So you do not have to tell your family or friends your new phone number again and again.
• You can make a domestic call in Japan at Japanese local calling rate without international roaming.
• Incoming call is free.
• You do not have to pay fees for contract, monthly charge or activation.
• You pay only airtime you use by a credit card later. You do not have to recharge or waste airtime minutes left.
• You can get a detailed phone bill. So you can easily get paid back for business trip expenses.

JAPAN SIM Card is issued by Softbank, a leading Japanese cellular phone service provider (carrier)、which enables you to use your US cellular phone in Japan without international roaming.

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	Select SIM card size & shipping methods Standard type $23.00 USD Standard type Int'l Registered $33.00 USD Micro SIM type $23.00 USD Micro SIM type Int'l Registered $33.00 USD Micro SIM + SIM Adapter $25.00 USD Micro SIM + SIM Adapter Int'l Registered $35.00 USD

Your cellular phone must meet the following two requirements.

(1) 3G system phone (compliant with UMTS 2100 MHz), which is rolled out over existing GSM networks.

1. T-Mobile or AT&T phones that support UMTS 2100MHz (called W-CDMA 2100MHz or HSDPA 2100MHz)
2. iPhone 3G / 3GS / 4

If you do not know whether your phone is compliant with UMTS 2100MHz, please check your manual or contact us.

(2) Unlocked phone

A SIM lock is to program the phone to work with a single network, which allows a network provider to prevent handsets from being used on other GSM networks. In order to use the JAPAN SIM Card, your phone must be unlocked to accept carrier other than the original carrier.

You may contact your phone provider for unlocking your phone first.? If your provider does not unlock it, use our Unlock Services.

If you have a Softbank phone, the JAPAN SIM Card can be used without the unlocking because this JAPAN SIM Card is available on the network of Japan Softbank Mobile, inc. ?The JAPAN SIM Card bring advantage to users those who are living in Japan and using a Softbank? prepaid phone because you have to pay only airtime you called without buying the airtime in advance.

(3) Softbank Mobile Phones

Softbank phones can use JAPAN SIM cards without unlocking.  Those who live in Japan and use a Softbank’s prepaid phone can use this JAPAN SIM card.  It is very economic because all you have to pay is only calling fee you called without monthly fee.

NO CONTRACT FEE, ACTIVATION FEE AND MONTHLY FEE.

All you have to do is pay calling charges you just called only by credit card (Visa Master and AMEX).  Unlike prepaid phone, you do have to worry about running out of air time minutes or recharging. Incoming call is free.  There is no tax.

*1 "0063 call" means to dial “0063” before dialing destination number. EX: If you call the phone number of “03 4550 1525”, you dial” 0063 03 4550 1525”.
*2"Direct call" means to dial the destination number without 0063 prefix. EX: If you call the phone number of “03 4550 1525”, you just dial “03 4550 1525”.
* Outgoing call to satellite-telephone is $10/min.

If you use your cellular phone with the JAPAN SIM Card in countries other than Japan, your phone bill will be very high due to the international roaming because the JAPAN SIM Card is designed for using within Japan.

1. You can get Softbank’s phone number.
2. JAPAN SIM Card uses Softbank’s network. However this service is independent from Softbank’s domestic mobile services in Japan.
3. JAPAN SIM Card can be technically used in USA; however, calling and sending text message are regarded as international roaming because your phone uses Japanese phone number. We strongly recommend NOT to use the JAPAN SIM Card but swap it with an US local SIM card when you use your phone in US.
4. An email address such as “XXX@softank.net.jp” and MMS can not be used but you may still enjoy SMS message or Web mail such as hotmail and Gmail. POP3 mail is available if your phone supports it.
5. JAPAN SIM Card supports Japanese language; however, if your phone is not localized into Japanese, you cannot enter or view in Japanese. Please use our Japanese Localization Service.
6. JAPAN SIM Card can be used on a Softbank phone without doing anything.
7. JAPAN SIM Card can be used on iPhones. If you use the JAPAN SIM Card with iPhone 4, the shape of JAPAN SIM Card must be modified because iPhone 4 uses a micro SIM card. Once modifying the shape of JAPAN SIM Card to fit to the micro SIM card, JAPAN SIM Card will not be able to fit to a cell phone which uses standard type SIM card. However, with a SIM card adapter, it can be inserted to the cell phone for standard type SIM card.  Please contact us for the SIM card adapter.
8. If your iPhone is from AT&T, it should be unlocked to use JAPAN SIM Card. If you want to unlock your iPhone, please use our Unlock SIM Card services, rather than jail-breaking.
9. JAPAN SIM Card must be activated via internet before use. Once you activate it, you can use it at any time as a general rule.
10. You need to register your credit card to make your airtime payment when activating.
11. If JAPAN SIM Card has not been used for 18 months after activation, it is temporally deactivated to prevent the unauthorized use.  Contact the provider to reactivate it when it is necessary.  The reactivation is also free.
12. By Japanese law, you must submit a copy of your ID such as driver license or passport when activating because this JAPAN SIM Card can be used in Japan. If you deny it, JAPAN SIM Card cannot be activated.
13. We will not accept return of JAPAN SIM Card for reasons that your JAPAN SIM Card can not be activated due to your denial of submitting a copy of your ID.
14. JAPAN SIM Card can not be used in cellular phones of Verizon and Sprint because their network system is different from Softbank.