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title: "Telecom, POS systems, and accepting payments in Japan — general overview"
url: https://memocore.ai/memos/6a5f62dd63d783ad6870938f
project: "Doing Business in Japan"
tags: "japan-business, links-and-contacts"
updated_at: "2026-07-21T12:15:25.225Z"
---

# Telecom, POS systems, and accepting payments in Japan — general overview

Setting up telephony, mobile service, POS terminals, and online payment acceptance for a business in Japan has a number of regulatory and practical quirks — for example, the requirement for a physical office to obtain a geographic phone number, or restrictions on which banks Stripe supports. See: Telecom, POS systems, and online payment acceptance for business.