A bilingual briefing from Japan

Japan Onchain Finance Briefing

A concise briefing on Japan’s policy, bank money, payment infrastructure and emerging onchain use cases—written for practitioners and international readers.

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Stablecoins and tokenized deposits

Policy and regulatory developments in Japan

Payment infrastructure and interoperability

English and Japanese perspectives

What the briefing follows

MoneyStablecoins, tokenized deposits, CBDCs and settlement assets.

InfrastructureISO20022, domestic payment systems, cross-border connectivity and interoperability.

ImplementationIdentity, AML/CFT, governance, responsibility and the move from PoC to production.

Independent perspectives by Toshihiko Sato. Views are personal unless otherwise stated.

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