Yahoo co jp Mail Address and Gaming

[Otosou]

So, once upon a time I made a Japanese email for yahoo.co.jp (because Nintendo account) even though I am European based. Everything was fine and dandy - except today I noticed I can't log in to yahoo jp anymore. I can solve the captcha, give my email and password, but then it asks the security question: a Japanese Post Number... As if I remember what city in Hokkaidou I was registered on.. and sign-in helper doesn't help a bit either because I never added any additional info there. So yeah, I am locked out of my yahoo jp mail. Then I tried to change my email for Nintendo from Nintendo's site - but yes, of course it needs a email confirmation - from that email I am locked out. Nice.

So! I checked and in 6 months yahoo will delete accounts due inactivity so I guess that's it. In six months my Japanese mail will cease to be and so does my Nintendo account from the Japanese side, I have about 50 games from there (most bought from deep sales though), so the loss isn't huge, but still it stings. Thank goodness I haven't anything else linked into my yahoo co jp account.

So what is the point of this thread? It's a Warning, if you are NOT Japanese based, DO NOT use Yahoo co jp email for ANYTHING, because you might be in same position as me and be locked out from account for good.

Why Yahoo jp does this? Well, there's a paid subscription mail that is available for Japanese that won't expire but the free accounts will. So in short, it's money once again. Money. Once. Again.

Be smart, don't be me. Otosou out.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Or just make a Gmail JP account

 

[X Lod]

Excuse the question, but would you like a Japanese email address if possible?

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

I had actually tried signing up for one a few years back and it slammed me against a wall by asking me those exact same questions that have locked you out of yours.

Can't you contact a Yahoo rep, though?

 

[X Lod]

Na verdade, tentei me inscrever em um há alguns anos e fui impedido por fazer exatamente as mesmas perguntas que te impediram de acessar o seu.

Você não consegue entrar em contato com um representante do Yahoo?

AhOh, could you explain why you created an account on the Japanese website so I can create one too, if it's worthwhile?

 

[Isegrim]

Is this only with Japanese yahoo email accounts? For a minute I was worried about my regular Yahoo mail and just logged in (unusually slow though) since I need that for my PSN account. Yahoo only asked me to confirm it sometimes with my secondary email account on gmail in the past. I don't think it ever asked me on stuff about my address though unless this is something specific with Japanese yahoo?

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

AhOh, could you explain why you created an account on the Japanese website so I can create one too, if it's worthwhile?

I just wanted to.

But it's not worth it — they'd just post questions you won't be able to answer and just be awkward to use in general if you don't already speak the language (I don't).

I much recommend an AOL email account if you want something that's a bit more "out there" — it's what I use.

 

[X Lod]

Eu só queria.

Mas não vale a pena — eles só postariam perguntas que você não conseguiria responder e seria estranho usar a plataforma em geral se você não fala o idioma (eu não falo).

Recomendo muito uma conta de e-mail da AOL se você quiser algo um pouco mais "diferente" — é o que eu uso.

BomThank you very much for the explanation. I will create a Japanese account on another site to play some MMO RPGs.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

BomThank you very much for the explanation. I will create a Japanese account on another site to play some MMO RPGs.

No problem.

I hope it's not too much of a headache.

 

[X Lod]

Sem problemas.

Espero que não seja muita dor de cabeça.

I hope so too. I wanted to play that Re:Zero RPG that was only released in Japan, which I still have to read and watch.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

I hope so too. I wanted to play that Re:Zero RPG that was only released in Japan, which I still have to read and watch.

But you don't need a Japanese email account for that, do you?

 

[X Lod]

Mas você não precisa de uma conta de e-mail japonesa para isso, precisa?

Now that I've realized it, the important thing is that I'm going to resolve this and create my Japanese account that I already have on my PlayStation.Thanks for the help, that's right.