Quote Originally Posted by Linza Giz View Post
It's definitely changing but cash is still the main form of payment for things. I noticed last time I was there also
Yeah, as much as people view Japan as being super technologically advanced, there are many parts that are still stuck in the 90/00s.
They still use fax machines and hard copies for important documents.
Even from their subsidiaries in other countries. There are Japanese companies that have offices here in Australia, and the Australian offices still have to send shit like photos and forms for physical company/security IDs via mail to the Japanese offices to create them.
For most technologies, they've had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the modern age.

Even with cash - with the huge uptick in tourists in the last decade, as well as younger generations doing everything online, Japan couldn't afford not to start implementing alternative pay methods. But it's still majorly cash based.