selling to Japan: payment method
If you wish to sell your products to Japan via your online shop, I suggest you to look into accepting JCB card.
JCB is a Japan based credit card. Although not well known outside the country, it is the most widely accepted credit card in the country. Some consumers in Japan – particularly the younger ones who haven’t traveled much abroad - only own JCB card.
To cater to this population, many airlines and hotels accept the card, and so do the retailers in tourist destinations such as Hawaii and Korea where the Japanese love to travel to.
Another payment method that you might want to consider is money order issued by Japan Post Bank. Established in 2007 as a result of privatization of government owned Japan Post, Japan Post Bank is the largest bank in Japan and one of the largest in the world in terms of total assets.
Japan Post Bank’s money order can be made either to your bank account or street address. Bank account maybe a better choice because it’s faster (4-6 days vs. 5-12 days estimated) and it involves no fee on your end. With the money order made to your street address, on the other hand, you might have to pay a fee when depositing the money order, depending on your bank.
The drawback of money order made to your bank account is that if you don’t want to post your bank account number on your website, you need to correspond it to your customer.