Japan
Cash habits, digital wrappers.
- Currency
- JPY
- Settlement
- T+2
- Methods
- 6
The market
Japan retains payment behaviours that look unusual elsewhere — convenience-store cash payment against an online order remains mainstream. PayPay has driven genuine QR adoption on top, and JCB matters domestically in a way it does not abroad.
What we would tell you
Do not drop Konbini because it looks archaic. For a meaningful share of users it is the preferred way to pay online.
- Population
- ~123 million
- Market shape
- Mixed cash and wallet
- Indicative
- QR wallet adoption
- Strong
- Indicative
Moving value out
Straightforward
Collecting here is not the hard part. This rating describes repatriation.
An open, well-regulated corridor. Settlement is straightforward.
Methods
6 local methods in Japan.
1 move money in both directions. 5 are collection only.
- Konbini (7-Eleven, FamilyMart, Lawson)Cash / voucherin
- PayPayWalletin · out
- JCBDomestic cardin
- Rakuten PayWalletin
- Pay-easyBank transferin
- LINE PayWalletin
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