While I have used my US issued mastercard sucessfully in Japan without encountering any issues (airports, Osaka, Kobe, Hokkaido). Car rentals, hotel, department stores are a given. Granted, I did travel with cash as a backup.

IMO, the Indo pp's a lot more valuable. I think I have to get in touch with my RM to get a Indonesian domiciled premier account and hopefully the credit card as well (credit history transfer).

I think these who absolutely want a Euro chipped card can probably pick a European country of their choice and do this too. Use global transfers to pay the bill.