09-16-2007, 11:05 PM
Tempoary vistitor is a 3 month tourist visa, if you are studying for a year you will be able to get an account.
About HSBC's international banking.....I'm not sure how that works since I've never seen a branch or anything...
I have a Mitsui Tomo account, pretty average bank for Japan. They did give me a credit card recently when I went to order a new cash card, not that you really need one in Japan anyway.
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