Originally Posted by
Steve M
That's right, but since that's more than US$5000/day, that's far more than almost any US-issued card is going to be able to withdraw per day.
FWIW, the Shinsei PowerDirect account has a 2,000,000 JPY per day withdrawal limit. This was quite convenient when I initially moved to Japan and before I got a JPY credit card; at one point I used the full allowance to buy some furniture rather than eat a big forex fee on my GBP card.