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Mar 4, 2020

How to Add a Japanese Bank Account to Paypal

I am trying to add my Japanese bank account to my paypal, but I can't figure out how. Any advice?

ReishiiTravels

ReishiiTravels

Teacher, Traveler, Dancer -
Currently living in Gifu -
I love Japan, dance, cats, food, and fashion!

5 Answers



  • genkidesu

    on Mar 4

    I haven't personally done it myself, but there's this YouTube video that seems to walk through the process step by step! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szmHqnmRMoA

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  • PDecs

    on Mar 5

    Are you using a Japanese PayPal account? I tried linking a Japanese card to my Canadian PayPal and it wouldn't let me do that

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  • JapanRamen

    on Mar 17

    Same with PDecs, I think there is some kind of region lock.

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  • ConeHead

    on Mar 31

    My advice would be to call PayPal customer care. They were really really REALLY helpful with linking my Japanese pp and my yuchou bank. They had an English staff. My acc was also locked mistakenly and they helped with that too. They even gave me some yennies for the trouble.

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  • helloalissa

    on Sep 14

    As far as I know you need a Japanese Paypal account (settings to English language is helpful for the technical vocab) and setting up your bank account here should be easy. On the other hand, with my US account, I can't actually login unless I call customer service because of their security recognizing I'm not where my registered address is. I guess that's safe, just frustrating for those of us living abroad.

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