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Because of “Galapagos syndrome,” most of Japan’s ATMs are useless to foreigners
- spdustin 11y agoSince I've never heard of this "syndrome", and I assume others will read the comments to see what it means: It refers to systems developed largely in isolation. Japan's ATMs weren't developed alongside the worldwide community, and so many of them can't process bank cards issued by banks outside Japan.