NetStars

NETSTARS Co., Ltd. is one of Japan's leading payment service providers, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. The company operates StarPay, a multi-QR code payment gateway that enables merchants to accept cashless payments from a wide range of domestic and international payment methods, including WeChat Pay, Alipay, and major Japanese QR standards. NETSTARS was the first company to introduce China's WeChatPay QR code service to Japan in 2015, and was designated by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as a switching service provider for JPQR Global. The platform serves three core product lines: StarPay (multi-cashless payment), StarPay-DX (store operations and labor-saving digitization), and StarPay Global (international cashless expansion). The company has partnered with Stripe, ACI Worldwide, and Traveloka, and launched Japan's first in-store stablecoin (USDC) payment pilot at Haneda Airport in 2025.