Global SMS - Asia

SMS to Japan
OTP, alerts and bulk SMS.

Reach subscribers on NTT Docomo, au (KDDI), SoftBank and Rakuten Mobile from the same eSMS Africa account, API and dashboard you use for Africa - with global coverage via our routing network.

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Mobile networks in Japan

NTT Docomoau (KDDI)SoftBankRakuten Mobile

Country code

+81

Status

On request

Price per SMS

Price on request - sales@esmsafrica.io

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Pricing

SMS pricing for Japan

Coming soon - Japan is available on request. Tell us your expected volume and use case and we will quote and enable the route for your account.

Price on request

Contact sales

sales@esmsafrica.io

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Before you send

Sender ID and compliance in Japan

Sender ID

Sender ID support varies by network

Sender ID support varies by network; the sender you set may be replaced with a numeric one.

Rules change often - our team confirms the current requirements before your first campaign.

Compliance

What to know in Japan

Advertising messages require prior opt-in consent and an opt-out under Japan's anti-spam law.

Our acceptable use policy

Number format

Sending to +81 numbers

Use E.164 format: the country code, then the subscriber number without its leading zero.

Country code

+81

Example

+819012345678

Example number is illustrative. Languages: Japanese.

cURL - send an SMS to Japan

curl -X POST https://api.esmsafrica.io/v1/sms/send \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "to": "819012345678",
    "from": "MyBrand",
    "message": "Your verification code is 123456"
  }'

REST reference, SMPP details and SDKs for Node, Python, PHP and Go in the API documentation.

Use cases