I have a question concernnig renting a cell phone in Japan.
I have a prepaid phone which in bough in Japan in 2007 , used it again during my trip in 2009 , but a year has passed and I still have to wait 2 months before i'm back in Japan.
I guess the prepaid won't work anymore because the number is shut down if not used within a year.

So i may need to rent a phone.
Problem is that i don't have a credit card.
Is there another way to rent a phone.
Maybe by cash and pay a deposit or something.

Does anyone have some good information about this.

Or is it possible to ressurect my old pre-paid phone and use that one instead. (it's a softbank phone)

I bought it in September 2007 while I was in Japan for 3 months.
Yes I was on a tourist visa.

The only thing I needed to get the phone was my pasport and the adres of where I was staying.

Just ask for english speaking staff and let them know you need a prepaid phone.