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title: "International transfers for business in Japan — general overview"
url: https://memocore.ai/memos/6a5f62b163d783ad68709347
project: "Doing Business in Japan"
tags: "japan-business, bank-account"
updated_at: "2026-07-21T12:14:41.954Z"
---

# International transfers for business in Japan — general overview

Sending and receiving international payments is a separate difficult topic for business in Japan: SWIFT is disabled by default on corporate accounts and requires a separate application; direct transfers to/from Russia barely work; alternatives include Wise, crypto exchanges, and cash-based schemes. See: Foreign-currency accounts and Wise for business in Japan. See: SWIFT problems, cash, crypto, and other transfer methods.