Taking out a wallet loaded with cash, receipts and loyalty cards and searching for coins in front of a cashier is a familiar scene at stores in Japan.
But the country wants more consumers to kick that habit and engage in cashless transactions using credit cards, debit cards and electronic money.
With the government seeking to double digital payments to 40 percent of all transactions by 2027 from 20 percent in 2016, the momentum for cashless payments has been rising.
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