u/Janiqquer

My Japanese relatives told me that basically they get a new iPhone every 2 years but only pay about 1000 yen a month for the keitai plan. They do this by switching carriers every 2 years and returning the phone at that time when they get a new one .

They claim no down payment, no monthly fee other than the monthly keitai/data fee of about 1000yen month, no electricity/gas tie in, no home internet tie in...

I'm puzzled as to whether this can actually exist. I've only ever seen it including a monthly fee for the phone.

New iPhone every 2 years, no down payment, no monthly fee for the phone, no tie ins, no fee other than equivalent to an MNVO basic plan..

So I'm doubtful .But, I remember being doubtful that Furusato Nosei exists as it's too good to be true, and it does!

So, Japan Finance peeps, is there some magic I am missing?

Craving some sour sweets. Tried some from the combini but the sourness either soon disappears and you're left with a sweet gummy or is barely there to begin with. Sour Skittles have hit the mark in the past, but rarely see them in the combini. Suggestions?

(A photo would be helpful or the exact Japanese name since there are often similar products from same brand)

I now have the 12800yen from Rewards to snatch GTA 6, but the Japanese version of GTA V was censored....

Should I buy the JP version for "free", or wait until I visit to the UK and buy when I am there (paying real dosh!)?

On Xbox usually I could easily switch region but for GTA V, the JP version is completely separate and you can't

Has anyone ever had their Amazon JP account preventing orders until you do identity verification?

"Provide a live image of a valid ID document to our third-party service provider Persona Identities, Inc., an independent company that will help us verify your identity"

Very puzzling given I am using an Amazon Credit Card which is tied to my account and my account is years old. It's not like I'm using some random account.

SBI Shinsei now insists on using their app for smartphone authentication. Japanese only, of course.

I can't seem to find a way to disable marketing notifications. Anyone found a way?

Received a notification today with the title SBI新生銀行 and the descriptive text SBI新生銀行 and clicking it took me to some marketing rubbish in the (cr)app.

The app itself doesn't appear to have any settings, and the Android setting only has one category of "SbiShinseiBankKonyFCMService".