Can a yahoo UK Premium member bid on a yahoo Japan auction? -

To bid on a yahoo Japan auction, over 5000YEN requires a Premium membership to yahoo Japan. Would a yahoo UK Premium membership be recognized on all yahoo s international sites?

NO. Yahoo! Auctions Japan has its own rules and it is not really a part of the Yahoo! Network. It is a subsidiary that works under a Japanese trademark law, so the owners are different and decide they’re own rules. One of the very first rules is that you can only subscribe if you can read and write in Japanese and so to confirm so, you have to go trough a process only explained in Japanese: http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/html/guideli... , http://docs.yahoo.co.jp/docs/info/terms/ The reason why, is that most of the Japanese sellers do not want to send abroad and are afraid of miscommunication problem with items that might get lost or stolen, and that might damage they’re reputation. I myself had lost a USD $100 shipment sent to London last July. If you can read and write in Japanese, you could subscribe from your country but it will require sometime and money. Just register to the Yahoo! Japan network and then go trough the “beginner’s manual”: http://special.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/html... Anyway, if you can’t do so, send me a mail and I could help you bidding. I have been helping foreign bidders for a year already. Here’s my Bidding history: http://rating2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/s... Hope to have been of help. Jose.