elanshin
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The silliest thing about Japan and cards is they still need you to have signed the back of your card and make you do it in front of them if it's not.To my surprise, a lot of places in Japan and Malaysia now take card (may need the physical card) compared to previously....still need cash for some smaller places. In Japan, needed cash to use coin operated laundry machine at hotel and to top up Suica card (not sure if some machines allow topups with card but I didn't see one). In wet markets in Malaysia, and catching the local train in KL, it was cash only. BankWest transaction card allowed ATM fee free cash withdrawal at 7-11 ATM machine in Japan and Maybank in Malaysia...I did not try other machines in either country, though.
I survived 12 hours in Singapore with card only, including catching the MRT!.
Almost as if they didn't understand why that was a thing in the first place. If i was using a stolen card, then the signature would obviously match up if i sign the back of the card right then and there.