Credit card payments formed the bulk of cashless transactions in Japan in 2023, at 83.5 per cent, while QR code payments across the country’s array of QR payment wallets accounted for 8.6 per cent.

The new system, set to be introduced by March 2027, replaces magnetic paper train tickets (top) with QR code tickets (bottom) that are scanned at ticket gates. | East Japan Railway ...

Non-cash payments in Japan amounted to about 111 trillion yen ($750 billion) in 2022, with QR code and other code-based payments representing only 2.6% of this figure.

Some people microchip their pets to ensure they’re easily found when lost, but now a city in Japan wants to apply a similar approach to their elderly – and they’re turning to QR code ...

Japanese engineer Masahiro Hara, known for inventing the ubiquitous 'QR code' nearly 30 years ago, announced on Friday that he is now working on a new version of the popular tracking system.

Under this collaboration, Cambodia’s KHQR and Japan’s JPQR will enable payments between the two countries. In Phase 1, Cambodian users of the Bakong system can make payments in Japan by ...

TOKYO -- Efforts are underway between Japan and other Asian countries to allow mutual access and use of QR code payment services that are popular in their own countries.

The free service, launched this month, is a first for Japan. The initiative, which uses a system of QR codes, was set up to help reunite family members with their elderly loved ones in the event ...