Japanese firms to start experimenting with digital yen in 2021
Over 30 Japanese firms will begin experimenting with a common, private digital currency next year in an effort to promote digitalisation, Japan Inc said on Thursday. The group's chairman Hiromi Yamaoka, former executive of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), said, "We don't want to create another silo-type platform...we want to...create a framework that can make various platforms mutually compatible."