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- Japan's 7-Eleven payment app gives easy access to scammers https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48878159 13 comments
- Japan's pension system relying on foreigners to secure sufficient payments: assessment https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240705/p2a/00m/0na/028000c 2 comments economy
- Japan forces Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and payments https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/13/japan_smartphone_software_law/ 3 comments technology
- Japan forces Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and payments https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/13/japan_smartphone_software_law/ 4 comments apple
- Japan May Soon Accept India's UPI Payment System: Report https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/japan-may-soon-accept-indias-upi-payment-system-report-4050240 27 comments india
- Ripple, SBI Remit Join Hands to Enable Real-Time Payments Between Japan and Thailand https://cryptopotato.com/ripple-sbi-remit-join-hands-to-enable-real-time-payments-between-japan-and-thailand/ 8 comments cryptocurrency
- A web-based car dealership in Japan is now accepting payments in Bitcoin https://news.todayq.com/news/a-web-based-car-dealership-in-japan-is-now-accepting-payments-in-bitcoin/ 2 comments bitcoin
- Japan unsure how Russia will execute rouble payments for energy sold to 'unfriendly' nations https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-says-not-sure-how-russia-will-execute-rouble-payments-energy-sold-2022-03-24/ 3 comments worldnews
- Japan's largest banks to start testing digital currency payments https://finbold.com/japans-largest-banks-to-start-testing-digital-currency-payments-in-coming-months/ 20 comments cryptocurrency
- Trump Asks Tokyo to Quadruple Payments for U.S. Troops in Japan https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/15/trump-asks-tokyo-quadruple-payments-us-troops-japan/ 38 comments politics
- Trump asks Japan to hike payments for U.S. troops to $8 billion: Foreign Policy https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-usa/trump-asked-tokyo-for-8-billion-to-keep-u-s-troops-in-japan-foreign-policy-iduskbn1xq06f?feedtype=rss&feedname=worldnews&utm_source=reddit.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+reuters%2Fworldnews+%28reuters+world+news%29 263 comments geopolitics
- Trump asks Japan to quadruple annual payments for U.S. forces stationed there to around $8 billion: report https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-usa/trump-asks-japan-to-hike-payments-for-u-s-troops-to-8-billion-foreign-policy-iduskbn1xq06f?il=0 36 comments worldnews
- 7-Eleven Japan shut down its mobile payment app after hackers stole $500,000 from users https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/6/20684386/7-eleven-japan-shut-mobile-payments-app-7pay-security-flaw-cybersecurity 22 comments worldnews
- Amazon of Japan, Rakuten, likely to introduce Bitcoin payments https://blockmanity.com/news/bitcoin/amazon-of-japan-rakuten-likely-to-introduce-bitcoin-payments/ 56 comments btc
- Supporters of foreign workers in Japan called for the need to create a permanent resident visa for such people and ensure them the same payment as Japanese workers as the country aims to open up to blue-collar laborers. https://japantoday.com/category/politics/supporters-of-foreign-workers-call-for-same-pay-permanent-residence 8 comments worldnews
- Japan's Largest Consumer Electronics Chain Trials Bitcoin Payments https://news.bitcoin.com/japans-largest-consumer-electronics-chain-trials-bitcoin-payments/ 7 comments btc
- India ahead of UK, China, Japan in digital payments, says report http://www.livemint.com/industry/kkhfq3tcsd4my7tax2ikzn/india-ahead-of-us-china-japan-in-digital-payments-says-re.html?facet=amp&utm_source=googleamp&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=googleamp&__twitter_impression=true 7 comments india
- India ahead of UK, China, Japan in digital payments, says report http://www.livemint.com/industry/kkhfq3tcsd4my7tax2ikzn/india-ahead-of-us-china-japan-in-digital-payments-says-re.html 8 comments india
- How Japan Prepares to Recognize Bitcoin as Method of Payment on April 1 https://news.bitcoin.com/japan-bitcoin-method-payment-april-1/ 7 comments btc
- Japan’s new payment system allows Bitcoin for utility bills https://thestack.com/world/2016/09/26/japanese-to-pay-utility-bills-using-bitcoin/ 148 comments technology
- Apple hit with $118m ‘back tax’ payment in Japan http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/apple-tax-japan-penalty-iphone-maker-forced-to-pay-fine-a7310846.html 19 comments technology
- Apple hit with $118m ‘back tax’ payment in Japan http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/apple-tax-japan-penalty-iphone-maker-forced-to-pay-fine-a7310846.html 1963 comments worldnews
- Cabinet of Japan Greenlights Bitcoin As Payment Method http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/03/04/cabinet-of-japan-greenlights-bitcoin-as-payment-method/ 4 comments btc
- "Unjust high payment for the director" Authority of Japan sued sake company. http://www.asahi.com/articles/asgbp56ltgbputil02l.html 3 comments worldnews
- Bitcoin gains strength in Japan, wins support from a leading payment provider http://www.techinasia.com/bitcoin-gmo-payment/ 6 comments worldnews
- Apple a decade behind Japan's mobile payment curve http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/apple-a-decade-behind-japan-s-mobile-payment-curve-1.2006359 12 comments technology
- Japan health ministry looks to eliminate co-payment of childbirth fees https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240627/p2a/00m/0na/014000c 8 comments worldnews
- Japan says not sure how Russia will execute rouble payments for energy | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14580591 4 comments worldnews
- [HIRING] [SCALA ENGINEERS & DATA ENGINEERS] [TOKYO, JAPAN] [VISA SPONSORSHIP & FULL RELOCATION PACKAGE} Move to Tokyo, and build the fastest growing payment platform using Scala. https://functional.works-hub.com/jobs/?search=japan&tags=scala&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=reddit.social.paidy.bse&utm_campaign=b.sheridan 18 comments scala
- 7-Eleven Japan shut down a mobile payments app after only two days because hackers exploited a simple security flaw and customers lost over $500,000 https://www.businessinsider.com/7-eleven-japan-7pay-hackers-passwords-2019-7?r=us&ir=t 54 comments technology
- Using Bitcoin as payment in Japan for 72hours to experience the real bitcoin world in Tokyo! It's still hard to using bitcoin as a daily payment because the miner fees is too high, and the confirmation time by blockchain is too long for daily payments. https://www.facebook.com/bitkanofficial/videos/1826169514312062/ 8 comments btc
- Starting today, Bitcoins are an official Method of Payment in Japan and they've dropped the 8% consumption tax on buying them https://bravenewcoin.com/news/bitcoin-regulation-overhaul-in-japan/ 14 comments btc
- Apple pay? No big deal in Japan where mobile payment is years ahead http://www.themalaymailonline.com/tech-gadgets/article/apple-pay-no-big-deal-in-japan-where-mobile-payment-is-years-ahead 8 comments technology
- Countdown: Bitcoin Will Be a Legal Method of Payment in Japan in Two Months https://news.bitcoin.com/countdown-bitcoin-legal-payment-japan-two-months/ 153 comments worldnews
- "Step by step, the world is edging towards a revived Gold Standard as it becomes clearer that Japan and the West have reached debt saturation. . . . The Swiss parliament is to hold hearings on a parallel 'Gold Franc'. Utah has recognised gold as legal tender for tax payments." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/8638644/return-of-the-gold-standard-as-world-order-unravels.html 3 comments worldnews
- Japan’s Messaging Giant LINE to Trial Crypto Payments for Online Merchants https://blockworks.co/japans-messaging-giant-line-to-trial-crypto-payments-for-online-merchants/ 8 comments cryptocurrency
- U.S. should look at how other high-income countries regulate health care costs. Standardizing fee-for-service payments and structuring negotiations between insurers and providers could make U.S. health care more affordable, finds new study based on France, Germany and Japan. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/ru-usl112020.php 2173 comments science
- France issues international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn: reports The former chief of Nissan is wanted over millions in suspicious payments he allegedly funneled into private accounts. The disgraced auto baron is reportedly living in Lebanon after escaping Japan in a private jet. https://p.dw.com/p/4AGob?maca=en-reddit-sharing 2 comments worldevents
- Convenience store giant Seven-Eleven Japan Co. launched a trial 7-Eleven store with a self-checkout system using facial recognition technology here on Dec. 17 as it aims to promote labor-saving measures and introduce cashless payments amid concerns of labor shortages. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20181218/p2a/00m/0bu/016000c 3 comments worldnews
- Morgan Stanley Failed to Make $3.3 Billion Debt Payment by Friday Deadline, Handed Over Keys to Central Tokyo Office Building to Blackstone; Largest Ever Repayment Failure of Its Kind in Japan http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-morgan-stanley-real-estate-idustre73e63e20110415 17 comments economy