Free calls to Japan, right from your browser.
Dial landlines and mobile phones in Japan, from Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya to the smallest village, straight from any browser tab. Browser-to-browser voice and video calls are always free. To ring a real phone, new accounts get a $0.25 free trial credit, which works out to roughly 1 minutes to Japan. After that, calls are pay-as-you-go from $0.14/min, with the exact rate shown before you dial. No app, no SIM, no contract.
HD audio · Encrypted in transit · Routed to NTT Docomo, au (KDDI), SoftBank and other Japanese carriers
- $0.25 trial credit at sign-up
- No app to install
- from $0.14/min pay-as-you-go
- No subscription
- Encrypted VoIP
How it works
Type a number. Press call.
It works like the phone app you already know, except it runs in a browser tab with no SIM and nothing to install.
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Type the number
Use the keypad or paste a number, pick the country, and the exact per minute rate appears before you dial. No surprise fees and no rounding you cannot see.
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Press call
Your browser places the call over the internet and it rings like any normal phone. New accounts get $0.25 of free trial credit, so your first few minutes cost nothing and there is no card required to try it.
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Talk, and only pay for the minutes you use
The audio is clear, the full keypad stays on screen for phone menus and extensions, and billing is by the minute from $0.01. Hang up and you are charged for exactly the time you talked, nothing more.
Calls to Japan work exactly the same way. No contract, no monthly fee, no minimum. Load a little credit when you want to and call whoever you need to reach.
See the per minute ratesWhy it works
Why calling Japan works so well here
Carrier-grade VoIP routing to Japan, so the phone rings just like a regular call from a local number on the other end.
1 trial minutes to Japan
Your $0.25 sign-up trial credit covers up to about 1 minutes at our $0.14/min starting rate to Japan. Enough to test the line and hear how clear it sounds before you ever load a card. Browser-to-browser calls stay free no matter what.
Lands on real Japanese carriers
Calls are handed off to NTT Docomo, au (KDDI), SoftBank, and others via licensed termination partners. It's not a peer-to-peer app workaround that fails when one side has bad Wi-Fi.
Pay-as-you-go after the free credit
From $0.14/min, by the minute, rounded to the next whole minute. The exact rate depends on the number (mobiles can cost more than landlines) and is always shown in the dialer before you press Call. No connection fee, no monthly subscription. Top-up packs are $3, $8, and $15.
Talks to landlines and mobiles
Whether you're dialing a Japanese landline in Tokyo or a mobile in Osaka, the same dialer handles both. The per-minute rate for the exact number is shown before you call.
Call Japan from anywhere
You don't have to be in Japan or near it. Call from your laptop in any country with a working internet connection. Same rate, same quality.
Private by default
Audio is encrypted in transit using DTLS-SRTP. We don't record calls, store call content, or share metadata with ad networks. Your conversations with family stay between you.
The flow
Call Japan in three steps
From this page to a ringing Japanese phone, in under a minute.
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Pick +81
The dialer above is already set to +81 for Japan. Just type the local number.
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Sign up, claim your $0.25 trial
Email and password. The free trial credit lands on your balance, about 1 minutes of calling to Japan.
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Allow your microphone
Your browser asks once. Click Allow and the dialer is ready.
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Call
Their phone rings in Japan. They pick up. Reaching family in Tokyo or Osaka, calling a Japanese business line, or staying in touch after a study or work stay. Done.
Calling Japan: frequently asked questions
- How do I call Japan from my browser?
- Browser-to-browser voice and video calls are always free. To ring a real phone in Japan, sign up for a free account on this page. You get a $0.25 trial credit immediately, which is about 1 minutes to Japan at our $0.14/min rate. Pick +81 from the country dropdown, type the local number, allow microphone access, and call. No app, no SIM, no top-up needed to test the line.
- How much do calls to Japan cost after the free credit?
- Calls to Japan start from $0.14/min, billed by the minute and rounded up to the next whole minute. The exact per-minute rate depends on the number you dial and is shown in the dialer before you call. There's no monthly fee, no connection charge, and no minimum top-up. Top-up packs come in $3, $8, and $15.
- Can I call Japanese mobile numbers as well as landlines?
- Yes. The dialer reaches both landlines and mobiles on every supported Japanese network, including NTT Docomo, au (KDDI), SoftBank. Mobile numbers can cost a little more than landlines; the exact per-minute rate is shown in the dialer before you call.
- Do I need to be in Japan to use this?
- No. You can be anywhere in the world. The dialer runs in your browser and routes the call over the internet to a termination partner inside Japan, who delivers it to the recipient's phone. From their side it looks like a regular phone call.
- What number shows up on the recipient's caller ID?
- The call is placed from a FreeCallMe VoIP number, similar to how Google Voice or Skype calls appear. The recipient sees a phone number on their caller ID and can answer normally.
- Is the call quality good for calls to Japan?
- Yes. We use HD voice codecs (Opus) where the destination supports it, routed through Tier 1 VoIP carriers for termination in Japan. On a normal home Wi-Fi or 4G/5G connection, audio is typically clearer than a regular international cellular call.
- Are calls to Japan secure?
- Yes. Audio between your browser and our edge is encrypted using DTLS-SRTP, the same technology that secures online banking and apps like Google Meet. We don't record your calls, store recordings, or sell call metadata to advertisers.
- What's the time zone in Japan?
- Japan uses JST (UTC+9). Worth checking before you dial. Most people don't appreciate a midnight ring.
- Why are calls to Japan so much cheaper here than on my carrier?
- Traditional carrier international rates carry decades of long-haul circuit-switched pricing inertia. We route your call over the internet to Japan, then hand it off to a local termination partner. That removes the long-haul costs almost entirely, which is why our rates to Japan start at $0.14/min instead of the dollar-plus per minute most carriers charge.
- Can I call Tokyo, Osaka, and other Japanese cities?
- Yes. The dialer reaches any Japanese phone number that's reachable on a normal landline or mobile network, from Tokyo to small regional towns. Pricing starts from $0.14/min; the exact per-minute rate is shown before you call.
Make your first call to Japan
Type the number, claim your $0.25 trial credit, and call Japan. Browser-to-browser calls are always free. No app, no SIM, no contract.