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Japanese Pokémon Card Stores will require facial recognition for most visitors and limit customers to one entry per day, with repeat entrants automatically denied.
Official Pokémon stores will limit customers to one visit per day, denying repeat entry; preschoolers are exempt from facial scans but must enter with a guardian.
Official Japanese Pokémon stores will limit customers to one visit per day, using facial recognition for adults and school-age children to detect repeat entry and deter crime and scalping.
Official Pokémon stores in Japan will limit customers to one visit per day, using facial recognition for adults and children of elementary-school age or older to curb repeat entry and crime.
Official Pokémon stores in Japan will use facial recognition to enforce one visit per person per day, covering adults and children of elementary-school age or older.
Participating official stores will use facial recognition to enforce one visit per person per day, covering adults and children of elementary-school age or older.
From July 31 to August 16, five Japanese pop-up stores will scan customers’ faces to enforce one entry and one queue ticket per person daily, with collected biometric data later deleted.
From July 24, participating Japanese Pokémon Card Stores limit customers to one entry ticket daily, using facial recognition to block repeat visits; stored images and entry records will later be deleted.
Japan is testing facial recognition at several Pokémon TCG pop-up stores to block duplicate purchases and unauthorized entry, expanding efforts to curb reseller markups.
Five Japanese pop-up card stores will scan faces from July 31 to August 16, limiting each shopper to one entry and one queue ticket per day during the Storm Emeralda launch.
From July 24, shoppers aged 6 and older must submit facial scans to enter Japan’s Pokémon Card Stores; repeat visits or multiple same-day queue tickets can trigger refusal.
From July 24, participating Japanese Pokémon Card Stores may verify customers aged elementary-school level or older to detect repeat same-day entries and enforce purchase limits.
Facial recognition will enforce once-per-day entry and purchase limits at Japan’s official Pokémon Card Stores; preschoolers are exempt but must be accompanied by an adult.
From July 24, Pokémon Card Stores in Japan began scanning customers aged elementary-school age and older to detect repeat entry and enforce same-day purchase limits.
Customers will receive one numbered ticket per day, with repeat visits blocked to prevent scalpers from bypassing purchase limits. Facial images and visit counts will be retained under TPC's privacy policy.
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