⚡ 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 1.8% 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 a share of 29.4%, followed by PayPal with 24.7% and PayPay with 20.4%.

Shop Pay 29.4%
PayPal 24.7%
PayPay 20.4%
Amazon Pay 15.3%
Stripe 10.1%
Visa 8.8%
Rakuten Pay 7.4%
Mastercard 6.2%
American Express 5.5%
Paidy 4.6%
Discover 1.7%
PayPal Enterprise Payments 1.3%
Apple Pay 1.3%
Google Pay 1.3%
Adyen 0.7%

🚀 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 ^(-32)
4. Amazon Pay ^(-11)
7. Rakuten Pay ^(-55)
10. Paidy ^(-64)
11. Discover ^(-5)
15. Adyen ^(-5)
16. Alipay ^(-27)
18. Line Pay ^(-104)
19. Square ^(-2)

✨ Best Payment Services

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 58 payment services used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Shop Pay Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A one-tap checkout and payment method developed by Shopify. Free$$$	29.4%
2	PayPal San Jose, California, United States An online payment service that allows users to send funds from a credit card, bank account, or PayPal balance to merchants without sharing their financial details. $$$	24.7%
3	PayPay Tokyo, Japan A Japanese mobile payment service.	20.4%
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+	15.3%
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. $$$	10.1%
6	Visa San Francisco, California, United States A global payment network processor that enables banks, merchants, and cardholders to conduct debit, credit, and prepaid transactions across more than 200 countries and territories.	8.8%
7	Rakuten Pay Tokyo, Japan A Japanese mobile payment and digital wallet platform that allows users to make quick payments by scanning QR codes. Free	7.4%
8	Mastercard Purchase, New York, United States A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.	6.2%
9	American Express New York, United States A global payment network and card issuer that provides charge, credit, and prepaid cards.	5.5%
10	Paidy San Jose, California, United States A Japanese "buy now, pay later" payment service.	4.6%
11	Discover Riverwoods, Illinois, United States A global payment network and card issuer offering credit and debit cards as well as processing services.	1.7%
12	PayPal Enterprise Payments San Jose, California, United States A full-stack payments platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments in their apps or websites. $$$	1.3%
13	Apple Pay Cupertino, California, United States A mobile payment service by Apple that is supported on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. Free	1.3%
14	Google Pay Mountain View, California, United States A mobile payment service developed by Google that allows users to make payments using Android phones, tablets, or watches. Free	1.3%
15	Adyen Amsterdam, Netherlands A payment gateway, processor, and acquirer in one financial technology platform. $0.13+/transaction	0.7%
16	Alipay Hangzhou, China A Chinese mobile payment app and digital wallet from used to make cashless payments.	0.7%
17	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. $$$	0.7%
18	Line Pay Tokyo, Japan A Japanese mobile payment and digital wallet service that allows users to easily transfer funds and make payments.	0.7%
19	Square Oakland, California, United States A payment processor that enables businesses to accept cards from customers to pay for goods and services. Free$49+/month	0.6%
20	WebMoney Moscow, Russia A Russian online payment system.	0.6%
21	Arcot Palo Alto, United States A payment authentication network powered by 3-D Secure (3DS).	0.5%
22	Gumroad San Francisco, California, United States An e-commerce platform serving as a merchant of record that enables creators and digital entrepreneurs to sell digital products, memberships, and other goods directly to their audience. $$$	0.5%
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. $$$	0.5%
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 144,429 websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on February 3, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.