Foreign bank cards to be widely accepted in Japan

One of the biggest problems I had when I first got here to Japan (and even as a tourist) was the lack of ATMs that accept foreign/international cards. I would usually have to track down a CITIBANK somewhere to take out some cash.
All thats about to change on July 11th. Sevenbank will place these International ATMs in most of their 7-11 convenience stores across Japan.

http://www.sevenbank.co.jp/intlcard/service2.html