Buy a Google Play Gift Card for Japan

A Japan Google Play gift card loads Google Play balance in yen on the Japanese store, and it is delivered as a code rather than a physical card. The balance is what the Japanese Play Store charges against: apps, games, in-app purchases, books, films and subscriptions, all paid without a bank card sitting on the account. The code is generated and sent automatically once payment is confirmed, normally within minutes. Japan is its own store region with a yen catalogue, so the card belongs to an account whose country is set to Japan — that single detail decides whether the code is accepted.

Denominations on This Page

Six denominations are listed here, running from 500 yen to 10,000 yen. Those are the card's face values in yen, so they are the amounts credited to the balance, not prices — the price of each is in this page's own table. Yen prices are whole numbers and the Japanese store does not use a minor unit in everyday pricing, which is why the ladder steps in round figures such as 1,000, 3,000 and 5,000 yen rather than in small decimal amounts.

• 500 yen
• 1,000 yen
• 2,000 yen
• 3,000 yen
• 5,000 yen
• 10,000 yen

Which Country This Card Is For

Two things about Japan are worth knowing before buying. First, Google's own note for Japan states that redeemed Play balance carries no expiration date, so a code that is not needed immediately can wait. Second, the 1,500 yen and 15,000 yen cards were retired in September 2023 — codes bought before then still redeem, but neither figure appears in the ladder on this page. Beyond those two details the country rule is the same as everywhere else: the account's country has to be Japan, and a card bought for another store region will not redeem here.

What You Can Buy With a Play Balance

• Apps and games sold through the Japanese Play Store, paid straight from the balance.
• In-app purchases — currency packs, passes and levels — bought through the store rather than with a foreign card.
• Subscriptions billed through the Japanese Play Store, where Google's country terms allow balance to cover them.
• Books, films and TV shows in the countries where the Play Store sells them.
• Leftover credit that stays on the account for the next purchase instead of expiring.

How to Redeem

1. Sign in to the Google account that should receive the balance.
2. Open play.google.com/redeem, paste the code and select Redeem.
3. In the Play app, tap your profile picture, open Payments & subscriptions and choose Redeem code.
4. At checkout you can also open the payment-method list and pick Redeem code instead of a card.
5. Confirm the account shown, and the credit is added immediately.

Delivery

The code is digital: it appears on your order page and in your inbox automatically once the payment is confirmed, normally within minutes. Nothing is shipped and there is no plastic card in the post — what arrives is a code for the Japanese Play Store, in yen. If anything looks wrong with it, message live chat with the order number and the exact message on your screen, and we will check the order against it rather than asking you to guess.

Before You Buy

• The account's country has to be Japan — Google checks that when the code is entered.
• Gift-card balance cannot be used as a family payment method.
• Redeemed balance does not move if the account's Play country changes later.
• The code is normally a 16-digit combination of numbers and letters.

Buy a Google Play Gift Card for Japan

If your account's country is set to Japan, this is the yen card that matches it. GameGiftHub lists it here with the full ladder above, delivered as a code to your order page and inbox minutes after payment. Order the Japan Google Play gift card now, or compare it with the South Korea Google Play gift card if you are buying for a different account.