{"id":1632,"date":"2025-09-30T15:19:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2025-09-30T15:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:27:32","slug":"advice-for-banking-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/advice-for-banking-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice for banking in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Opening a Bank Account in Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When opening a bank account in Japan, you will generally need the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Residence card or passport<\/li><li>Hanko (personal seal; some banks may accept a signature instead)<\/li><li>Employee ID card or student ID card<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also be asked to provide proof of your name, address, period of stay, status of residence, employment status, or other details. (This is a legal requirement to prevent fraud, so please do not worry.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once your account is opened, you can receive your salary and set up automatic payments. However, please note that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Some banks do not offer online banking services.<\/li><li>You may need to apply separately for a credit or debit card through another service.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please notify your bank or financial institution immediately in the following situations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Any change in your address, period of stay, or status of residence<\/li><li>If you leave your job or withdraw from your school\/course<\/li><li>If you lose your bankbook or cash card<\/li><li>When returning to your home country (please close your bank account before leaving)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\"><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f Note: It is illegal to lend or transfer your bank account to another person or third party.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sending Money Overseas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you plan to send money overseas using your bank, please keep in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>You may be asked to provide documents proving the purpose of the transfer.<\/li><li>International transfers may take some time to process.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also many other services that offer international money transfers. Please take the time to research which option is best for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/13.jpg 640w, https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/13-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/13-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening a Bank Account in Japan When opening a bank account in Japan, you will generally need the following: R [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","ub_ctt_via":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/13.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"\u56fd\u969b\u4ea4\u6d41\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc","author_link":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/author\/ced620d04eb3ca9531749e6e9ca8472c37f89de0\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1635,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions\/1635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}