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Pokémon Center Online designates first Pokémon items that will require Japanese ID card to buy

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 5, 2026
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Fans will need to be residents of Japan in order to buy these items from the Pokémon Center Online.

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Japanese government sets up new group to deal with trading card boom

• Oona McGee
  Jul 22, 2026

Trading cards have become so popular in Japan that the government is now getting involved, but what does this mean for fans?

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Japanese government ID card and app to be required for certain Pokémon card purchases next month

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 14, 2026

The Pokémon Company is going to use the Japanese government’s My Number system. Will it be super effective in stopping scalpers?

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A visit to Sri Lanka’s knockoff knockoff Uniqlo (no, we didn’t stutter) to see its rare “Pikachus”

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 6, 2026

Nicknack is the culmination of layers upon layers of branding quasi-copying, and also home to some very unusual Pikachus.

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Pokémon Company to require Japanese government ID cards for some online Pokémon card purchases

• Casey Baseel
  May 22, 2026

New system would prevent non-residents from buying certain items from Pokémon Center Online.

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• (anime • card games • collectible card games • manga • My Number Card • Pokemon • Pokémon card game • pokemon cards • Pokémon Center Online • Pokémon Company • resellers • scalpers • trading cards)

Japanese Pokémon card shop grabs scissors as part of its plan to keep scalpers away

• Casey Baseel
  May 7, 2026

Thwarting resellers isn’t always a snap, but maybe it could be a snip.

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• (anime • card games • collectible card games • Hareruya • Hareruya 2 • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon card game • pokemon cards • pokemon trading card game • resellers • scalpers • trading card games • video games)

Tokyo store makes you to pass a quiz in order to buy Pokémon cards as part of anti-scalper policy

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 29, 2026

As new shipment of Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion packs comes in, Bic Camera makes a new rule.

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• (anime • Bic Camera • card games • collectible card games • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon card game • pokemon cards • pokemon trading card game • resellers • scalpers • trading card games • video games)

How much will three packs of Pokémon cards bought overseas fetch in Japan?

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 5, 2023

We were left speechless at the cards’ final resale value.

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Tokyo Pokémon card shop blocks scalpers by limiting sales to kids only for part of its inventory

• Casey Baseel
  May 2, 2023

Hareruya 2 doesn’t think kids should have to hope for a miracle in order to find Pokémon cards.

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• (Akihabara • collectible card games • cool • Hareruya • Hareruya 2 • kids • Pokemon • Pokémon card game • pokemon cards • resellers • scalpers)

200 million yen for one Pokémon card? Tokyo card shop knows what it’s got, wants nine figures

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2023

It’s a card that can never be used in the game, but that’s not what makes it special.

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• (anime • collectible card game • crazy • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon card game • Pokémon Illustrator • video games)

Is it OK to play with Pokémon card on the Shinkansen? A bullet train manners debate

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 16, 2022

Japanese comedian calls out “bad manners” of Pokémon-playing friends, but not everyone thinks his take is the very best.

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• (bullet train • card games • collectible card games • etiquette • manners • Pokemon • Pokémon card game • society • trains • travel)

We won the Pokémon stamp and promo card lottery, here’s what it looks like inside【Pics】

• Scott Wilson
  Oct 25, 2021

Almost as rare as a shiny!

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Pokémon Center superstores won’t sell new Pokémon cards in-store, but will it stop scalpers?

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2021

Countermeasures may or may not keep Eevee Heroes out of the hands of villainous resellers.

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• (anime • collectible trading card game • Pokemon • Pokémon card game • Pokemon Center • resellers • scalpers • video games)

Japan Post Office to release commemorative Pokémon stamps based on original, iconic trading cards

• Scott Wilson
  May 8, 2021

These are probably going to be worth more than 84 yen each.

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• (Japan Post • Pokemon • Pokémon card game • post office • postage stamps • stamps • trading card game)

Mother and son in Japan busted by Ota-ku police for running counterfeit Pokémon operation

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2020

The long arm of the Poké-law shuts down startlingly high-markup scheme.

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• (anime • collectible card games • crime • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon card game • video games • weird)

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