5/1/2026 6:52:03 PM Humanoid robots to become baggage handlers in Japan airport experiment By Carlos Alonso Torras Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour...
2/16/2026 5:33:49 PM SoftBank’s PayPay Gets Closer to US IPO in Milestone for Japan By Andreas Ioannou Japan’s dominant QR-code payments application may list as early as March, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange...
9/4/2025 9:41:05 PM LayerX raises $100m in Series B funding By Louden Richason Tokyo based AI expense management and corporate card platform raised $100m in Series B funding led by TCV.
7/8/2024 8:07:13 PM Japan finally phases out floppy disks By Sarah Wolter Japan scrapped every regulation requiring the use of floppy disks for administrative purposes recently, catching up with the times 13...
3/22/2024 1:21:50 AM Bank of Japan ends the world's only negative rates regime By FinTech Collective The BOJ raised its short-term interest rates to 0% to 0.1% from -0.1%. The move sparked a sell-off in the yen against major currencies,...
3/21/2024 11:56:08 PM Japan raises interest rates for first time in 17 years By Sarah Wolter The Bank of the Japan (BOJ) increased its key interest rate from -0.1% to a range of 0%-0.1%. It comes as wages have jumped after...
11/20/2023 9:45:36 PM Japanese exchange plans to start digital securities trading on Dec. 25 By FinTech Collective Ichigo, based in Tokyo, plans to offer over $20m worth of digital securities backed by real estate on the Osaka Digital Exchange.
11/16/2023 6:58:31 PM Binance Japan adds The Graph token (GRT) to platform By FinTech Collective Binance Japan has added 47 new tokens to their platform, including The Graph's native token, $GRT.
6/24/2022 12:52:21 PM Opn Co raises $120m in growth capital By FinTech Collective Japan based mobile payments startup raised $120m in growth capital led by JIC Venture Growth Investments and Mars Growth Capital Pte.
4/14/2021 2:22:13 PM Netstars raises $61m in new funding By Sarah Wolter Japan based QR code payments company raised $61m in new funding led by KKR.
4/1/2021 2:31:11 PM Paidy raises $120m in Series D funding By Sarah Wolter Japan based BNPL provider raised $120m in Series D funding from JS Capital Management, Soros Capital Management, Tybourne Capital...
8/4/2020 2:34:42 PM Hey raises undisclosed amount of Series E funding to accelerate its growth amid Japan’s thriving business environment By Sarah Wolter Japanese payments and e-commerce platform raised an undisclosed amount of Series E funding led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities.
7/2/2020 7:42:59 PM The 416 quadrillion reasons why Japan’s supercomputer is number 1 By Gareth Jones Covid means Japan can’t host the Olympics this year, but this is a fine lockdown consolation prize! The great processing might of...
5/8/2020 3:04:03 PM Japan to ease investment rules to push bank-fintech partnerships By Carlos Alonso Torras The rationale is to make it easier for banks to take stakes in fintech firms, thereby spurring the lending sector to drop its outdated...
4/10/2020 4:13:32 PM Japanese payment service provider Paidy raises $43m from ITOCHU By Faisal Kawar Japanese consumer online payments startup raised a $48m Series C round extension led by ITOCHU.
7/26/2019 12:00:00 AM Japan remains obsessed with cash By FinTech Collective Japan's aging population, low crime rate, and a mistrust of financial systems have led to Japan being one of the world’s most...