pictSPACE, a Japanese online shopping service dealing with doujinshi, is the latest Japanese retailer to soon lose the ability to take payments through Visa and Mastercard. This is part of a growing trend of some Western credit card companies and their agencies refusing to work …Read more »
There’s been a controversy brewing over some Western credit card companies and their agencies when it comes to manga retailers that sell adult titles. Some of these credit cards will not purchase from the retailers, and Visa has publicly admitted that they’re one of them. …Read more »
Another Japanese business is being affected by Western credit card companies. Melonbooks, a chain store that sells doujinshi, will cease taking Visa and Mastercard payments on December 16. After this, people can still use things like American Express or JCB to make purchases. Melonbooks wants …Read more »
Danica Davidson
