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South China Morning Post on 2019-11-05 05:33

In Japan’s ageing society, elderly are determined to resist the push towards cashless payments

Tokyo wants to double the ratio of cashless settlements to 40 per cent by 2025 and to 80 per cent eventually to spur labour productivity.

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