Payments
Japan went majority-cashless in 2025 — but the mix is card-led, PayPay has 75 million users, and konbini payment and cash on delivery still convert. What Japanese customers pay with, method by method, and what it means for your channel.
Ecommerce
What Japanese buyers expect at the door, how the 2024 driver-overtime caps changed the market, your fulfillment options (FBA, Rakuten Super Logistics, 3PLs, cross-border), the carrier landscape, and returns — the operational layer of selling in Japan.
Amazon Japan
The implementation guide to selling on Amazon Japan as a foreign company: account registration and identity verification, the published fee stack, the ACP customs requirement most guides skip, Japanese listing quality, and a launch sequence that works.
Rakuten
The implementation guide to selling on Rakuten Ichiba: the 13-country international program vs the domestic route, the two-stage screening and its timeline, the full fee stack, what daily operations demand, and the growth levers (points, events, RPP ads) inside the mall.
Shopify
Does Shopify work for the Japanese market? The payments decision that actually matters (Shopify Payments vs KOMOJU-style gateways, JCB, konbini), making the storefront genuinely Japanese, shipping, and verified 2026 pricing in USD and JPY.
Payments
How payouts really work for foreign sellers in Japan: Amazon Japan's 14-day cycle and Currency Converter fee, Rakuten settlement, why a Japanese bank account usually needs an entity, what multi-currency providers can and can't do with yen, and consumption tax basics.
Ecommerce
The pillar guide to ecommerce in Japan: market size and structure (METI 2024), Amazon Japan vs Rakuten vs Yahoo! Shopping vs owned stores, payments (konbini, PayPay), logistics and service standards, rules for selling from abroad (ACP), and a phased entry plan.
Ecommerce
Amazon Japan vs Rakuten Ichiba for foreign sellers: fee structures as published, how to get on each from abroad (ACP/IOR for Amazon, Rakuten's 13-country no-entity program), where each wins, and the sequence most brands should follow.
Ecommerce
Shopify (your own store) vs Rakuten Ichiba (Japan's largest marketplace): what each is, published fees, the 2025 change letting sellers from 13 countries join Rakuten without a Japanese entity, payments for foreign Shopify merchants, and the sequence that works.
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