⚡ Payments in Japan

Online payment services allow businesses to securely accept and process transactions by supporting a variety of payment methods such as credit and debit cards, digital wallets, and Buy Now, Pay Later options.

Japan is an East Asian country with a population of around 125 million people.

According to our data, payment services are detected on 2.1% of websites from Japan.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top payment services on websites in Japan in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Shop Pay with an impressive share of 32.9%, followed by PayPal with 25.7% and PayPay with 18.5%.

Shop Pay 32.9%
PayPal 25.7%
PayPay 18.5%
Amazon Pay 15.5%
Stripe 9.2%
Visa 8.9%
Rakuten Pay 7.3%
Mastercard 6.3%
American Express 5.7%
Paidy 4.4%
Discover 1.6%
Google Pay 1.3%
Apple Pay 1.2%
PayPal Enterprise Payments 1.2%
Adyen 0.6%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top services that are more popular in Japan than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Shop Pay ^(-1)
3. PayPay ^(-31)
4. Amazon Pay ^(-11)
7. Rakuten Pay ^(-56)
10. Paidy ^(-65)
11. Discover ^(-5)
15. Adyen ^(-5)
17. Alipay ^(-28)
18. Line Pay ^(-110)
19. Square ^(-2)

✨ Best Payment Services

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 62 payment services used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Shop Pay Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A Shopify-exclusive accelerated checkout and payment method that lets customers save their billing, shipping, and payment information to complete orders quickly on Shopify stores and in the Shop app. Free$$$	32.9%
2	PayPal San Jose, California, United States An online payment service that allows users to send funds from a credit card, bank account, or PayPal balance to merchants without sharing their financial details. $$$	25.7%
3	PayPay Tokyo, Japan A Japanese mobile payment service.	18.5%
4	Amazon Pay Seattle, Washington, United States Lets Amazon customers to pay on your website using the information already stored in their Amazon accounts. Free$0.30+	15.5%
5	Stripe San Francisco, California, United States A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration. $$$	9.2%
6	Visa San Francisco, California, United States A global payment network processor that enables banks, merchants, and cardholders to conduct debit, credit, and prepaid transactions across more than 200 countries and territories.	8.9%
7	Rakuten Pay Tokyo, Japan A Japanese mobile payment and digital wallet platform that allows users to make quick payments by scanning QR codes. Free	7.3%
8	Mastercard Purchase, New York, United States A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.	6.3%
9	American Express New York, United States A global payment network and card issuer that provides charge, credit, and prepaid cards.	5.7%
10	Paidy San Jose, California, United States A Japanese "buy now, pay later" payment service.	4.4%
11	Discover Riverwoods, Illinois, United States A global payment network and card issuer offering credit and debit cards as well as processing services.	1.6%
12	Google Pay Mountain View, California, United States A mobile payment and digital wallet service developed by Google that enables users to make contactless and online payments using supported Android phones, tablets, and wearable devices. Free	1.3%
13	Apple Pay Cupertino, California, United States A mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple that lets users make secure contactless and online payments with iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro devices. Free	1.2%
14	PayPal Enterprise Payments San Jose, California, United States A full-stack payments platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments in their apps or websites. $$$	1.2%
15	Adyen Amsterdam, Netherlands A payment gateway, processor, and acquirer in one financial technology platform. $0.13+/transaction	0.6%
16	Klarna Stockholm, Sweden A Swedish payment service provider and licensed bank that specializes in Buy Now, Pay Later options for online and in-store purchases. $$$	0.6%
17	Alipay Hangzhou, China A Chinese mobile payment app and digital wallet from used to make cashless payments.	0.6%
18	Line Pay Tokyo, Japan A Japanese mobile payment and digital wallet service that allows users to easily transfer funds and make payments.	0.5%
19	Square Oakland, California, United States A payment processor that enables businesses to accept cards from customers to pay for goods and services. Free$49+/month	0.5%
20	Arcot Palo Alto, United States A payment authentication network powered by 3-D Secure (3DS).	0.5%
21	Gumroad San Francisco, California, United States An e-commerce platform serving as a merchant of record that enables creators and digital entrepreneurs to sell digital products, memberships, and other goods directly to their audience. $$$	0.5%
22	WebMoney Moscow, Russia A Russian online payment system.	0.5%
23	Link San Francisco, California, United States A one-click checkout feature from Stripe that allows shoppers to securely save and reuse their payment and shipping information across participating online merchants. $$$	0.4%
24	Wirecard Aschheim, Bavaria, Germany A full-service provider for merchants, offering POS infrastructure, payment processing and acquiring services.	0.4%
25	Worldline La Défense, France A European provider of payment and transaction services.	0.4%

👉 See Also

🌎 Payments in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 157,205 websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.