Android users can now add JCB credit or debit cards to Google Wallet and make contactless payments at establishments that accept JCB Contactless thanks to JCB's activation of Google Pay support for Japanese-issued cards in October 2024.
In November 2024, PayPay expanded its collaboration with Alipay+, allowing more than 3 million Japanese retailers to take payments from foreign e-wallet users, such as Alipay, Kakao Pay, GCash, and others. This was made possible by a promotional campaign that offered discounts and cashback from December 2024 to January 10th, 2025.
Apple abolished the requirement that Japanese-issued cards support FeliCa in order to be eligible for Apple Pay in March 2025. This expanded access to Apple Pay by enabling the addition of VISA Japan, Revolut, and Sony Bank debit cards with EMV-only compatibility to Apple Wallet.
In order to unify NFC mobile payments (apart from Osaifu Keitai) across international standards and enable wider compatibility and merchant acceptance, Japan's NFC Mobile Consortium—which consists of NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, and SoftBank—was founded earlier in September 2024.
Additionally, e-commerce sites can now take PayPay wallet payments with speedier payout settlement thanks to Stripe's April 2025 introduction of PayPay acceptance for online businesses.
While interoperability between PayPay, Merpay, and LINE Pay is maintained through QR code alliance projects under the Mobile Payment Alliance (MoPA), technologies such as Osaifu Keitai continue to serve as the foundation for services like NTT DoCoMo's d-Barai and au-PAY.
When taken as a whole, these advancements show how Japan's wallet ecosystem is changing, as evidenced by NFC standardization, acceptance by international travelers, the growth of bank-backed wallets, and platform-to-platform digital payment integration.