Lawson Convenience Store in Japan Launches JPYC Stablecoin Payment Pilot

Lawson, a convenience store chain in Japan, will launch a pilot for JPYC (a yen-pegged stablecoin) payments at its Gateway City store in Tokyo in early August.

This pilot is in collaboration with digital asset wallet provider Hashport, marking Japan's first stablecoin payment integration with a POS system.

After the POS integration, purchase data such as product quantity and payment time can be directly entered into the store management system. Lawson will verify the system's stability and actual payment time to decide on a subsequent full rollout.