Originally Posted by Torode

As a similar option to the ANA Visa Wide Gold Card, the JCB version is also a good option. As I mentioned in another post, it's one of the few cards where you can earn miles charging Edy, which can end up giving you 2 airline miles for every 100 JPY used. A good option if you pay for a lot of day-to-day stuff with Edy.

In addition to the JCB, I also have the AMEX gold card, because it had a good (by Japanese standards) signup bonus of 36,000 points with simple minimum spend instead of the hoops the other cards make you jump through, and also AMEX's friend referral scheme is quite attractive.