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UPI in Japan
January 29 , 2026
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- India’s digital payment system, called UPI (Unified Payments Interface), will start in Japan in 2026.
- It will be tested first with Indian tourists so they can pay directly from their Indian bank accounts.
- The project is a partnership between Japan’s NTT Data and India’s National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
- UPI is already operational in eight countries, including Bhutan, Singapore, Nepal, the UAE, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Mauritius, and France.
- UPI was started in India in 2016 and is the world’s biggest real-time payment system.
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