The BOJ joins Project Agorá to develop tokenized central bank deposits, enhancing cross-border settlements with blockchain ...

The Bank of Japan is moving to place central bank reserve money onto blockchain infrastructure, a step that marks the first G7 central bank validation of distributed ledger techno ...

Bank of Japan unveils blockchain sandbox for testing central bank digital settlements, tokenized money, and smart contracts in wholesale and retail systems.

Japan’s central bank is running blockchain settlement experiments and advancing tokenized central bank money initiatives ahead of a 2026 decision on issuing a digital yen.