Procedures for Switching from Another Carrier to DOCOMO with Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

Procedures

Docomo Onlineshop
(in Japanese only)

STEP 1 Acquire MNP reservation number

Apply to your current carrier for MNP. You will receive a MNP reservation number.
Valid period for MNP reservation number is 15 days including the day of reservation.
Applications for MNP can be made by contacting the carriers as noted below.

MNP reservation contacts

	By phone	By carrier website (mobile phone version)
au Okinawa Cellular	0077-75470 (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.)	Keitai (24 hours a day) Smartphone/PC (24 hours a day) Operation procedures are in Japanese.
UQ mobile	0120-001-659 (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.)	Smartphone/PC (9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.) Operation procedures are in Japanese.
povo	—	Smartphone/PC (24 hours a day) Operation procedures are in Japanese.
Softbank	*5533 from a SoftBank mobile phone or 0800-100-5533 from landline phones etc. (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.)	Smartphone/PC (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.) Operation procedures are in Japanese.
Y!mobile	0800-222-8449 (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.)	Smartphone/PC (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.) Operation procedures are in Japanese.
LINEMO	—	Smartphone (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.) Operation procedures are in Japanese.
Rakuten Mobile	050-5434-4653 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)	my Rakuten Mobile (24 hours a day) Operation procedures are in Japanese.

(As of June, 2024)

• Phone numbers may change. Please inquire with the individual carrier for details.

Upon Applying

• In the case of making a new subscription under a personal name, the application must be made by the subscriber. An application made by a representative (except family member of the subscriber) will not be accepted.
• For an application made by a family member of the subscriber, a letter of attorney, document verifying the identity of the family member of the subscriber, and document proving that the person applying is a family member of the subscriber (Family Register [Koseki Tohon] or Certificate of Residence (Juminhyo) without Individual Number (social security and tax number) printed on it, etc.) are required in addition to an identification document of the subscriber. When other than a Japanese driver's license, an Individual Number Card (My Number Card), a government-issued identification booklet for the physically challenged (Shintai Shogaisha Techo), a government-issued welfare booklet for the mentally ill (Seishin Shogaisha Hoken Fukushi Techo [Shogaisha Techo]), or a government-issued identification booklet for the mentally challenged (Ryoiku Techo) is used as the identification document of the member of the subscriber's family, an additional document is required.

Items Required

• Bring your MNP reservation number you received when you applied for MNP.
• Valid period for MNP reservation number is 15 days including the day of reservation.

• The MNP reservation number is not required when applying online using the One-Stop Method. Please apply via the docomo Online Shop website.

If you have a Japanese driver's license or Individual Number Card (My Number Card), bring it with you.

• Only a document showing your current address.
• A photocopy is not acceptable.

• For details, check Identification documents of the subscriber.

• Only a document verifying the full name and date of birth of the user.
• A photocopy is acceptable.

• For details, check Identification documents of the user (if the subscriber and user are different people).

• Bring credit card or bank card, bankbook plus seal under the name of the subscriber.

• Bank cards cannot be used in some stores and the bank cards of some financial institutions cannot be used. For details, check Financial Institutions (Banks) that Handle Automatic Payment of DOCOMO Charges: When Applying at a Shop with Bank Card.
• For details, check Requirements for procedures to pay your monthly bill.

• Contract handling fee of ¥3,850 (incl. tax) (This will be included in your bill the following month along with usage charges.)
• Payment for handset, accessories, etc.

• The contract handling fee is not applied when using the docomo Online Shop.
• If you will use DOCOMO installment payments, check About Purchasing in Installments.

• Holders of a d ACCOUNT (no mobile phone) under their personal name may use their accumulated points for purchasing a new device, etc. by requesting at the time of subscribing.

Notes

• Before changing your subscription to DOCOMO using Mobile/PHS Number Portability (MNP), you need to apply for an MNP reservation at your current carrier. Unless you have already canceled your subscription, your subscription with your current carrier will be terminated once you complete the subscription process with DOCOMO.
  • The MNP reservation number is not required when applying online using the One-Stop Method. Please apply via the docomo Online Shop website.
• Generally, the subscriber for the new DOCOMO subscription must be the same as the subscriber for the current carrier subscription when using MNP. When applying for a new subscription with DOCOMO, your identity will be verified with your current carrier.
• If any information on the MNP application is falsified, you may be required to forfeit your current telephone number.
• Information related to use of MNP may be verified and disclosed between your current carrier and DOCOMO.
• New DOCOMO subscribers using a phone number issued by another carrier* through MNP will not be able to use services which include the following:
  • Receiving 106 calls (collect calls)
  • Receiving calls from public phones on trains

• A phone number issued by another carrier refers to a phone number that was assigned to a carrier other than DOCOMO by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.