japanese album help

i just bought two music albums from japan and when i opened them up i found a little electronic card in between the cd inlay and the cd it sort of resembles a mini credit card with out numbers on the front instead it has a pic of the album cover on the frot of it could any of you awesome people tell me what it is for?

thanks
headcase

Sounds like a phone card. I’m not sure if they still are, but at one point they were fairly popular collectables in Japan.

ok so why do they put these phone cards in cds and what exacly can i do with itor is it just a collectible

Not sure… never really bought too many CDs over here. Ummm, does the card have any writing on it? Could you take a pic and upload it, if so?

Sounds like a phone card to me, but I agree that it’s better to see a pic.