Japan · New account creation

Can you use Uber in Japan with a foreign phone number?

Likely, if you can receive a text.

Uber verifies sign-up by text to any number and doesn’t appear to require a Japanese one, so keeping your home SIM on for the code should be enough. That rests on Uber’s global help material, not a Japan-specific page.

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Where this comes from

Uber global help centre plus consistent secondary write-ups. No Japan-specific policy page found.

How sure we are

This rests on consistent reports from travellers and guides, not on anything the company has published.

Next check

By 6 Nov 2026. Apps change their sign-up rules without notice; if you see something different, tell us at [email protected].

How it compares with other transport options in Japan

App	Data-only eSIM on its own	With your home SIM on	Basis
GO	Works	Works	Company's own documentation
Uber (rides)	Doesn’t work (reported)	Works (reported)	Reported, not confirmed
Suica / PASMO (physical card)	Works	Works	Company's own documentation
Welcome Suica Mobile	Works	Works	Company's own documentation

If this blocks you

Works on data alone GO GO takes overseas numbers and has a passport-and-selfie check if you can’t receive a text.

Other apps in Japan

Won’t take a foreign number

Refuse lines without voice calls

Can you use Demae-can (出前館) without a Japanese phone number?

Need a number that can receive a text

Work on a data-only eSIM on its own