Keep your existing bank account, get an account with these guys (it requires a paper application the first time, nothing thereafter unless your situation materially changes), go to any bank/atm in Japan and do an interbank transfer (振込み) to the number they give you. They'll process an international wire for you on the back end to the beneficiary account you identify in advance. Costs about as much as a wire transfer generally costs (about $50 all-in to US, after you add your bank's fee, Lloyd's, the intermediary's, and your bank in the US).
If you're primarily concerned about a beneficiary which isn't the US/UK/etc, tell me the country and I may be able to make a better recommendation.
Keep your existing bank account, get an account with these guys (it requires a paper application the first time, nothing thereafter unless your situation materially changes), go to any bank/atm in Japan and do an interbank transfer (振込み) to the number they give you. They'll process an international wire for you on the back end to the beneficiary account you identify in advance. Costs about as much as a wire transfer generally costs (about $50 all-in to US, after you add your bank's fee, Lloyd's, the intermediary's, and your bank in the US).
If you're primarily concerned about a beneficiary which isn't the US/UK/etc, tell me the country and I may be able to make a better recommendation.