Do people in Japan use visit cards for non business situations?

I know that the art of giving business cards in japan is steeped in tradition and etiquette. However, I was curious to understand if young people give visit cards to one another or if this is something that is no longer in vogue. Any insights especially from people who live in Japan would be very interesting.

Do people in Japan use visit cards for non business situations?
My opinion is not a well-informed one, but I would like to point out that the younger generation in Japan is deliberately becoming very Westernized. I suspect they would see personal "esquire"-type cards as being out of touch with who they are, as something gauche.
Reply:Business cards, called "meishi," are commonly exchanged in professional situations. Outside of work-related situations, though, it's very rare. People seldom print their own business cards--it's usally a company thing only. I have heard of people making their own "meishi" for a few situations--for example, if you're going to a convention you might make cards to exchange with other hobbyists. But generally you don't see them outside the business world.





There was a fad awhile ago where kids would print up "meishi" for themselves, with cute cartoon characters and such. But this fad died a LONG time ago--I think it was like 10 years or something. If it's not for some kind of a work-related situation, you would probably look weird giving them a name card.
Reply:Maybe 5 to 10 years ago there were quite a few "business card" machines at game centers and amusment arcades. For 200 Yen, users could design their own cards using a popular cartoon or amine characters as a design base (for example pokemon). These were popular with the 9 - 16 age group.


All toys, fads, etc seem to make a return to popularity with the next generation of kids, so maybe these "business card" machines will make a come back.
Reply:insights? Why don't you ask the ppl in Japan section? (Travel %26gt; Asia Pacific %26gt; Japan)


If you mean name card, and when you meet someone for the first time, everybody exchange the card in Japan.


I can say 99.9% (if you don't forget to bring it along).
Reply:when you say business cards and visit cards, i assume you mean entry visas. there are many different types of visas people from different countries can obtain, and Japan is not only one of them .... but one of the easier countries to enter the US from. most young Japanese people enter the US on student visas, then get sponsored by companies for the process of getting a green card. millions of Japanese people have come to the US with a student visa and have become business professionals in countless different fields. doctors, scientists, engineers, accountants, lawyers ....... id say (without doing any research, so its just a guess) that Japan is the most important foreign country to the American work force.

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