AZCOM Maruwa Pays Amazon Japan's Truckers in Stablecoin
AZ-COM Maruwa, one of Amazon Japan's primary logistics distributors, will pay roughly 2,300 partner trucking companies in JPYC, a yen-pegged stablecoin, marking the first large-scale corporate contractor payroll rollout of a stablecoin in Japan.
Why it mattersAZ-COM Maruwa Holdings, a Tokyo Prime Market-listed logistics distributor for Amazon Japan, will pay approximately 2,300 partner companies and independent truck drivers across all 47 prefectures using JPYC, a yen-denominated stablecoin, per Nikkei Asia reporting