Singapore visitors to Japan could use QR payment such as GrabPay or PayNow by 2025

The JPQR payment system will be compatible with an array of Japanese as well as foreign payment wallets. - PHOTO: PAYMENTS JAPAN ASSOCIATION

TOKYO (The Straits Times/ANN): Tourists from Singapore and seven other Asian countries will soon find it easier to pay for their purchases in Japan using their local QR code wallets under a new joint payment scheme.

Japanese travellers will likewise be able to, for example, scan and pay for their chicken rice meal at a Singapore hawker stall that accepts QR code payments.