Japan
How Japan's Tax-Free Shopping Actually Works
Purchase minimums, a consumables ceiling, and the 2025 rule change on shipping items home
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Money & Payments
Paying for things in a region where the card in your wallet is often the wrong instrument.
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Philippines
Declaring Cash and Goods When You Enter the Philippines
The USD 10,000 currency threshold and the forms the Bureau of Customs requires
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Asia
Paying in Asia with PayPal
Who actually converts your money when you pay abroad in Asia, what that conversion costs, and who sets the rate.
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Japan
Declaring Cash When You Enter or Leave Japan
Japan Customs sets a fixed yen threshold, and a stricter one for North Korea travel
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Korea
Declaring Cash When You Enter or Leave Korea
Korea's threshold is USD 10,000, and skipping the report carries a real penalty
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China
Linking a Foreign Card to Alipay
How to pay like a local in China without a Chinese bank account or phone number
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China
Using WeChat Pay as a Visitor to China
Where China's own guidance is clear on mobile payments, and where it goes quiet
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