Japan: May 2025 technology news headlines

Japan’s technology news headlines in May 2025

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Japan Post has launched a ‘digital address’ system, linking 7-digit combinations of numbers and letters to physical addresses / full item
Japan: Active Cyber Defense Law passes, allowing monitoring of communications and hacking of servers involved in cybercrime activities / full item
Japan: Adyen and JCB roll out JCB card-on-file tokenization service, aimed at enhancing security of credit card transactions for e-commerce merchants / full item
Japan: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group will establish an online bank in fiscal year 2026, targeting younger, tech-savvy users / full item
Japan: Tokyo Exchange-listed Remixpoint has used its balance sheet to buy another $3.4M worth of Bitcoin, adding to its sizeable Ethereum and altcoin portfolio / full item
Japan: Sony Bank and partner Fujitsu launch ‘next-generation’ digital banking system built on Amazon Web Services / full item

“Hackers hijack Japanese financial accounts to conduct nearly $2 billion in trades” / full item

Japan’s EMURGO blockchain-Web3 company partners Huawei Cloud to extend support for a Cardano Validator Node, enabling developers to build Cardano solutions / full item
National Bank of Cambodia and Payments Japan Association ink MoU for cooperation on cross-border QR code payments between Cambodia’s KHQR and Japan’s JPQR / full item
Japan: TDK Ventures launches $150M Fund 3, building on Fund 1, Fund 2 and Fund EX1, and bringing its total assets-under-management to $500 million / full item
Japan: TikTok is reportedly to enter Japan’s online shopping market in the next few months, with the company preparing to recruit sellers for its TikTok Shop arm / full item
Japan: Progmat commences Phase 2 for ‘Project Pax’, aimed at building a cross-border remittance infrastructure using stablecoins, with domestic and overseas banks testing / full item
Japan: Stripe is to add new payment methods including Japan’s PayPay, the nation’s largest QR code payments service with 68 million users / full item
Vietnam looks to Japan’s Rapidus as a possible partner on Vietnam’s semiconductor industry ambitions / full item

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May 2025: Japan