{"id":73493,"date":"2025-08-11T00:43:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T00:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/73493\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T00:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T00:43:16","slug":"barcodes-and-qr-codes-become-new-standard-for-cashless-payments-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/73493\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcodes and QR Codes Become New Standard for Cashless Payments in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-series\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nippon.com\/en\/series\/japan-data\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japan Data<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-cate c-cate0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nippon.com\/en\/articlelist.html?f=ncf-category&amp;s=Economy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Economy<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-cate c-cate2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nippon.com\/en\/articlelist.html?f=ncf-category&amp;s=Lifestyle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lifestyle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tAug 6, 2025<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tA recent survey in Japan found that the most common method for cashless payments is to use a barcode or QR code displayed on a smartphone.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A July survey in Japan found that 84.2% of respondents make use of code payments for purchases, using a barcode or QR code displayed on a smartphone. The survey was conducted by Kuf\u016b Company Holdings on 2,559 users of its household budgeting app and related services.<\/p>\n<p>Code payments have become a standard for cashless transactions in Japan, even surpassing the 76.3% of respondents who use physical credit cards. The next most popular form of payment, at 69.8%, is electronic money, which includes systems used on public transportation such as Suica and Pasmo, or money issued by retailers like Aeon. Meanwhile, only a minority of respondents, at 14.7%, use debit cards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photo_box_c_v2\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2847563.png\" class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"gallery\" data-libid=\"2847563\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2847563.png\" data-libid=\"2847563\" alt=\"Cashless Payment Methods Used\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over 75% of the survey respondents cited \u201cearning points or receiving cashback\u201d as well as \u201ceasy and speedy payment\u201d as a benefit of using code payments. In today\u2019s era of rising prices, consumers seem to be motivated by the desire to get something in return. Additionally, 21.7% of the respondents mentioned the convenience of \u201cpeer-to-peer money transfer functions,\u201d which are useful for such situations as splitting the bill for a group outing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photo_box_c_v2\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2847564.png\" class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"gallery\" data-libid=\"2847564\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2847564.png\" data-libid=\"2847564\" alt=\"Benefits of Code Payment\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most commonly mentioned inconvenience or concern related to code payments is that it is not accepted by some stores, as mentioned by 62.2% of the recipients. Meanwhile, only 26.4% expressed concerns about unauthorized use and other security issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photo_box_c_v2\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2847565.png\" class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"gallery\" data-libid=\"2847565\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2847565.png\" data-libid=\"2847565\" alt=\"Drawbacks of Code Payments\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Translated from Japanese. Banner photo \u00a9\u00a0Pixta.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-keywords\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <a href=\"\">smartphone<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t <a href=\"\">cashless<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan Data Economy Lifestyle Aug 6, 2025 A recent survey in Japan found that the most common method&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[52515,165,5093,74],"class_list":["post-73493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-cashless","tag-mobile","tag-smartphone","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}