PSN not online in Japan due to demands from Credit Card company

By Alex Sat, 2011-05-21 05:10 PlayStation NetworkjapanPlayStation Networkps3Sony

Sony has restored Playstation Network (although partially) throughout the world, but not in its home country in Japan. The company till now hasn't given any indication as to when the service will be back online.

Many reports claimed that PSN is not restored in Japan due to demands from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and now thanks to Japanese news paper Asahi Shimbun daily, we came to know what those demands are from METI.

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Credit card companies in Japan and METI wants Sony to details all the new protection measures company has taken for credit card users in Japan.

The reason for this concern of credit card companies, if a credit card is used illegally in Japan card companies would generally have to compensate its users, whereas in United States, Sony has a deal with insurance company to compensate upto 1 million dollar as damage compensate. No such deal is there in Japan.

As per our knowledge Sony till now has not provided card companies in Japan with the requested information. Sony in its response says that the company cannot rule out the possibility that credit card data has been leaked, investigation is going on to know whether it has.

Seeing the response of Sony, we can say, GOD only knows when PSN will be restore in Japan.

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scottishgirl999's picture
scottishgirl999 (not verified) posted on Thu, 2011-05-26 02:15
you can change your password now for asia psn hopeful that means there ready to turn it on hope they turn it back on for you all soon
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Dontholdangmoballs (not verified) posted on Wed, 2011-05-25 07:09
Everyone from asia pls spam sony emails. Any staff email found spam too. Lets internet terrorist them
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asian kid (not verified) posted on Mon, 2011-05-23 11:02
wow i din know tat many japanese ppl can speak english. When i play blops with them they dun understand s**t.
taizen's picture
taizen (not verified) posted on Mon, 2011-05-23 07:00
i live in Singapore, its unfair what Japan is doing because its affecting other Asian countries.
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pprincess (not verified) posted on Sun, 2011-05-22 16:15
I live the US but I play on the Japan server. Even though PSN is up in the US, I refuse to play on the Playstation until my friends in Japan, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia are back online. If they can't play, I won't play. Sony doesn't get my money until we are all together. Japan has to see that this is about more than credit cards. Leave the store out of it, let Sony fix it but in the meantime let everybody play!
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Alex B (not verified) posted on Sun, 2011-05-22 13:03
what bullshit...im also an american and i live in japan. seriously if i miss out on the welcome back package ill be pissed. glad im moving back to the states this fall...
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MUHAHA (not verified) posted on Sun, 2011-05-22 12:43
Japan! Sony! and the Ministry of Economy! I'm in Korea! WTF Does Korea have to do with their problems! I have a US account and I STILL can't get online! Maaanan! dis' shit! I'm going American! Hello Microsoft! Online is more fun on XBox anyway!
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mark (not verified) posted on Sun, 2011-05-22 07:21
if its the credit card the government is so serious about they should at least enable online gaming in asia and block the psn store!!!
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To real (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 20:03
Im stationed in Okinawa and if I would have known this was gonna happen I would have never told my gf to get me a PS3 for my B-day smh this shit sucks
Cisco's picture
Cisco (not verified) posted on Sun, 2011-05-22 13:48
Why do the people on base at Kadena have the PSN up and me living downtown have the damn PSN Undergoing Maintenance message? WTF!
Rdiddy's picture
Rdiddy (not verified) posted on Mon, 2011-05-23 08:32
It's up on kadena because there Internet is run through a European company on European servers
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Dontholdangmoballs (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 19:41
Everyone from asia please spam sony emails and their staff mails. This is the only way to solve the prob for us Asians. Change the topic of mails with different acc and spam them. And write do something for the rest of asia outside japan now and turn psn on for us if not we will continue to spam.
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Dontholdangmoballs (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 19:31
Wtf knn cb....this has nothing to do with asia countries like hongkong singapore indonesia etc... why must what problems japan have be pulled to us too. Sony grow some balls and guts and just block japan ip and restore the rest of asia. Don't keep holding angmo balls always and look down on asians. I have had enough of ur pathetic treatment of asians i will lead a massive email protest of asia.
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Mkhmmm (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 16:06
The inherent problem here are the people living in one region but has a pen acct in another. I for one have a USA acct and a USA ps3 but live in Korea due to military. Once the welcome back package return for USA psn and Asia is STILL down than I don't get my compensation (ie 30day psn, free games) etc because the package and start of it will most likely be based on the origin of the account.
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yo momma (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 16:02
Seriously ! WTF ! my main account is of hong kong! and now i cant play in it thanks to this gay japenese govt. get your back online bi**hes !
Mike's picture
Mike (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 15:53
I hope Sony gets a deal soon to get everyone back online.
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Mascocrazee (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 15:03
can somebody tell me why must asia?
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Mascocrazee (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 15:00
WTF.... WHY japan WHY... plz plz just turn on... WHY on ASIA... WHYYYYYYYYYYYY
Mike's picture
Mike (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 10:18
This pisses me off. I live in Japan and use a UK account so the delay is just dumb. The store doesn't work so how will the credit cards be used. I love Japan but it is dumb sometimes.
Jonathan's picture
Jonathan (not verified) posted on Sun, 2011-05-22 12:39
Yeah, I know. I'm also in Japan and this country fells like a big question mark once in a while.
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From Tokyo (not verified) posted on Sun, 2011-05-22 05:30
Understandable. I live in Japan and use a U.S. account so it's very irritating. :(
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Josh yang (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 09:32
Sony took their time on solving these stupid issues. Although I understand that all severs of Asia are located in japan, but, it been near to a week now since other parts of th world got their psn back up online. People in Singapore are very pissed now.
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Ian (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 08:09
This is ridiculous that in Thailand we are unable to connect to psn due to the Japanese government. Consumers should be given the opportunity as to whether they want to rejoin psn or not. It should be my choice. And I decide that I want to change my password and to start playing games. The Asia region again is being let down by Sony
ade's picture
ade (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 12:18
I agree Ian, it should be our choice indeed! The Japanese Govt are so seriously. I live in Japan too and am soooooo pissed!!
Parr's picture
Parr (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 08:01
F the govt for grand standing. No way Sony or any company would give details on security. Sony needs to grow some stones and turn the server on and give the buracrats the bird
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From Tokyo (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 07:39
And so the wait continues...
kate's picture
kate (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 06:37
Ok i understand situation in Japan. But no need to hold other part in Asia. We didn't have the same government as Japan why we need to wait?????
Mo's picture
Mo (not verified) posted on Sat, 2011-05-21 13:05
Psn in other parts of asia are down because they are all connected to the servers in Japan.

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