[valianteffort]

I gotta say MasterCard is pretty trash too. I was traveling in Japan and effectively unable to use my Apple Card anywhere because they only accepted VISA nearly everywhere.

Funny enough, loading money from my bank account into my Apple Cash which is VISA allowed me to use Apple Pay, avoid ATM fees, foreign transaction fees, and was just more pleasant than using my bank card.

[syspec]

I was also recently in Japan (about 3 months ago), I never took out my credit card. I paid with my Apple Card (Mastercard) via Apple Pay.

[valianteffort]

I was there around the same time. I don't remember a single convenience store accepting Mastercard. And anywhere outside Tokyo or a major city you were unlikely to even see the logo. Cash only was certainly more rare than it was a decade ago.