- Lawson plans to test yen-stablecoin payments at one Tokyo store in August 2026.
- The proof of concept is limited to project participants, including employees of the companies involved.
- The test will examine checkout integration, payment time and wallet usability. The stablecoin has not been named.
July 15 (Crypto-News.Net) – HashPort, a Tokyo-based blockchain company that develops digital wallets and other blockchain solutions, said it signed an agreement with KDDI and Lawson to run a Japanese yen stablecoin payment test through a standard Lawson checkout system at one Tokyo store in August. Participation will be limited to people connected to the demonstration, including some company employees, rather than customers.
The test is planned for Lawson Takanawa Gateway City store under the July 10 agreement, according to HashPort’s announcement.
How the yen stablecoin payment test is planned to work
HashPort described the test as an in-store payment demonstration using a Japanese-yen stablecoin, a type of token designed to hold a steady value.
HashPort described the participant-facing app as a non-custodial wallet, while Wallet for Biz would provide the store-facing payment functions.
Under the planned setup, participants would pay with HashPort Wallet, while the merchant side would use HashPort Wallet for Biz through ordinary point-of-sale infrastructure. HashPort said that setup would let the store accept the payment without opening or managing its own wallet.
HashPort said Lawson will advise on store operations and checkout systems, Canal Payment Service will support code-based payments, and KDDI will advise on financial payment infrastructure.
The test criteria include requirements for POS system integration and cashier operations. HashPort also listed payment time and wallet usability as items for review.
Scope and background
The store named in the test is Lawson Takanawa Gateway City, which KDDI and Lawson opened in June 2025 at Takanawa Gateway City’s THE LINKPILLAR 1 NORTH, according to Lawson’s store announcement.
The companies also have existing business ties. KDDI announced a capital and business partnership with Lawson in 2024. KDDI separately said in 2025 that it acquired more than 20% of HashPort through a capital and business partnership. Those announcements did not describe a wider Lawson stablecoin rollout.
The Lawson test follows other Japanese-linked stablecoin activity covered by Crypto-News.Net, including a Sony Bank stablecoin trust plan tied to a U.S. trust-bank charter approval.
HashPort’s announcement did not identify the stablecoin issuer or token, and it reported no test results, transaction volumes or customer-availability plan beyond the limited August 2026 demonstration.
Reporting by Zoran Spirkovski; Editing by Crypto-News.Net
Sources
HashPort official announcement – Supports the July 10 agreement, planned August 2026 test, one-store scope, limited participants, HashPort Wallet, HashPort Wallet for Biz, POS mechanics, Canal Payment Service role and test criteria.
URL: https://hashport.io/news/lawson
HashPort official company page – Supports HashPort’s Tokyo location and its digital-wallet and broader blockchain-solutions business.
URL: https://hashport.io/en/company
Lawson official store announcement – Supports the identity and location context for Lawson Takanawa Gateway City store.
URL: https://www.lawson.co.jp/company/news/detail/1507040_2504.html
KDDI official Lawson partnership announcement – Supports the 2024 capital and business partnership context.
URL: https://newsroom.kddi.com/english/news/detail/kddi_pr_secret-79.html
KDDI official HashPort partnership announcement – Supports KDDI’s 2025 statement that it acquired more than 20% of HashPort through a capital and business partnership.
URL: https://newsroom.kddi.com/news/detail/kddi_nr_s-51_4208.html
