WeChat, KakaoTalk, and LINE in Japan: How to Stay in Touch While Traveling

Every traveler has their app. For Chinese visitors heading to Japan, it’s WeChat — the super-app that handles messages, calls, payments, and social life in one place. For Koreans, it’s KakaoTalk, as instinctive as breathing. For travelers from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and much of Southeast Asia, it’s LINE, which happens to also be Japan’s