4) No, for activation you need the Kobo desktop software, which is also available for Mac OS X. But if you will only be using Calibre, you don't necessarily have to activate your Kobo I don't think.
6) Hmm, I'm not sure if you even need to have a Japanese IP address... From The Netherlands I can only. Rowsw Dutch books (stupid, stupid system!), but I can search and buy English and German books as well. So if you know what book you're looking for a search should be enough even with an IP address from outside of Japan. As for the credit card, I'm not sure. You should be able to use any I'd say, and otherwise PayPal also works...
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