Need to stay in touch during your time in Japan? Then why not rent a mobile phone?
SoftBank Global Rental provides worldwide communications through the convenient rental of three options to choose from, Phone with local Japanese number, 3G SIM card only, and Handset-only rental to use your own SIM.

Why SoftBank Global Rental?

  • CONVENIENT pick-up & drop-off locations!
  • FREE incoming calls and a LOCAL JAPANESE NUMBER (703SHf)
  • YOUR OWN SIM* card and phone number!

*Please check Roaming Partners(PDF) for roaming capability of your SIM before you leave for Japan.

Rental Rates

All rates include 5% consumption tax. (International calls are not subject to consumption tax.)

  703SHf SIM Card Nokia
Rental Fee ¥250 ¥840 / day* ¥105 / day* ¥945 / day*
Insurance (Option) ¥210 / day - ¥420 / day
Voice Calls Local calls ¥105 / min.** Call charges are determined by your home country's network operator.
International Rate table
Incoming calls FREE
SMS ¥15 / message
International SMS*** ¥150 / message
* Minimum rental fee is 3 days.
** All calls calculated in 60 second increments.
*** Please see the Overseas carriers' list (PDF) for available messaging service providers and their services.

Communication Charges

703SHf
   
S! Mail (MMS) 1packet (128B)
[sending/retrieving]
¥1
International S! Mail (Global MMS) up to 1.5KB (Outgoing) ¥165
up to 10KB (Outgoing) ¥173
up to 30KB (Outgoing) ¥216
up to 100KB (Outgoing) ¥480
up to 300KB (Outgoing) ¥640
up to 1.5KB (Incoming) ¥15
up to 10KB (Incoming) ¥40
up to 30KB (Incoming) ¥175
up to 100KB (Incoming) ¥500
up to 300KB (Incoming) ¥1,000
Web 1packet (128B) ¥0.32
* SMS is only available within SoftBank domestic network.
* Data communication charges are metered and customers pay only for the data used.

Insurance shall only cover loss of or damage to handset. (Please refer to clause 6 of 'Conditions of Use of Equipment'.) The following are the current rates for replacement of lost or stolen items.

703SHf SIM Card Nokia
Insured Not insured - Insured Not insured
Handset ¥21,000 ¥42,000 - ¥51,975 ¥89,250
SIM Card - ¥5,250 ¥3,150 - -
Battery - ¥6,300 - - ¥6,300
Carry Case - ¥3,150 - - ¥3,150
Charger - ¥2,100 - - ¥4,200
Desktop Holder - ¥1,575 - - -
SIM Card Holder - - ¥525 - -

 

Rental Handsets

Japanese Local Number Phone

  • Local Japanese number.
  • Reasonable domestic and international calling rates.
  • All incoming calls are FREE.
  • FREE itemized call statement.
  • Telephone number allocation in advance is available upon request when booked 4 working days prior to the rental start date (703SHf).

 

SHARP 703SHf

J-SA 51
703SHf
 
Rental Fee
¥250 per day
¥840 per day
 
 
Special Features
  • Web, E-mail, and texting available.
  • 3G WCDMA handset.
 
Specs
Dimensions (WxHxD) 47 x 99 x 23mm
Weight 107g
Talk Time 150 min.
Standby Time 300 hrs.
Features Voice Calls, SMS, S! Mail(MMS), Global SMS
Global MMS, Web, Video Calls
*1 Web browsing is only available for contents free pages.
*2 Please refer to the list for international SMS and international S!Mail service providers(PDF File).
 
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SoftBank 3G SIM Card

J-SA 51
3G SIM Card
 
Rental Fee
¥105 per day
 
*1 SIM card rental pick-up and drop-off are available at the following locations: Narita Airport, Kansai International Airport, Nagoya / Central Japan Intl Airport, and New Chitose Airport.
*2 SIM cards cannot be delivered via courier as compatibility with customer handsets must be confirmed at our counter prior to rental.
 
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Roaming handset

  • Rent a 3G handset and roam on the SoftBank 3G network. Simply insert your home GSM SIM card into the phone and utilize your home number in Japan. Please note that your home country's network operator must have a roaming agreement with SoftBank Mobile, and your SIM card must be post-paid.
    >> Roaming Partners(PDF)
  • If necessary, please contact your home network operator prior to leaving for Japan and have your network operator unblock your SIM card for global roaming.
  • Call charges will be billed directly to you from your home network operator.
  • Nokia roaming handset will be allocated according to stock availability on the rental day.

 

Nokia

J-SA 51
Nokia 6680
 
J-SA 51
Nokia 6650
 
Rental Fee
¥945 per day
 
 
Specs: Nokia 6680
Dimensions (WxHxD) 56 x 108 x 21mm
Weight 133 g
Talk Time 190 min.
Standby Time 260 hrs.
 
Specs: Nokia 6650
Dimensions (WxHxD) 52 x 133 x 25mm
Weight 141 g
Talk Time 190 min.
Standby Time 336 hrs.
 
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Rental Handsets

If you make a reservation in advance, you can pick-up your handsets at the following locations:

    Airport Service Counters

 

Rental Handsets

  • All charges are billed directly to your credit card after you return the phone.
  • Invoices and itemized bills will be sent to your E-mail address.

Accepted Credit Cards

Accepted Credit Cards

*We take a pre-authorization of 40,000 yen per handset from your credit card as security for payment. This amount is not debited from your credit card but is reserved for our use, should payment be declined during or after the rental period. However, if you provide us with a debit card then the pre-authorization amount may be deducted from your card at the time of preauthorization.
*Payment is debited from your credit card account against each invoice on a weekly basis.
*Please note that late calls may follow due to time delays with call records between international network operators. You shall receive an invoice for all late calls.
*Remaining validity of your credit card must be 2 months or more at the time of rental.

 

Rental Handsets

  • Please make a reservation from the booking form of this page at least 2 working days prior to your departure for Japan.

 

BOOKING

 

Any questions?

For inquiries, please contact:

SoftBank Global Rental Customer Care
E-mail: sales_cn@softbank-rental.jp

GSM Rentafone Pty Ltd. Japan Branch
M21 Building 5F/6F, 2-2-5 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan