Alipay extends mobile payment services to 300,000 retailers in Japan

The number of merchants supporting Alipay in Japan has surged to more than 300,000 from about 50,000 in early 2018.

Ant Financial, the mobile payments affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, said it has signed up more than 300,000 retailers in Japan to its Alipay service to serve the growing number of Chinese tourists to the country.

The Hangzhou-based firm will not charge access fees in extending its services to more retailers in Japan, it said in a release. The number of merchants that accept Alipay have surged by about six times from about 50,000 in early 2018.