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Japan-invented QR code wins award for global impact in electronics

Business Oct 18, 2020

Japan-invented QR code wins award for global impact in electronics

The QR code, which has the ability to carry around 200 times more information than barcodes, was first developed in 1994 for inventory management.

Okinawa monorail system to experiment with ticket gate Alipay payments for Chinese

Business Jun 21, 2018

Okinawa monorail system to experiment with ticket gate Alipay payments for Chinese

by Kantaro Komiya

An Okinawa monorail firm said Thursday it will experiment with accepting fare payments made by Alipay, a QR code-based platform run by China's Alibaba Group, at its gates to improve convenience for Chinese tourists. The test will start at Okinawa Urban Monorail Inc.'s Yui Rail ...

Fed up with giving directions, Kyoto police to point tourists to QR codes

National Sep 29, 2016

Fed up with giving directions, Kyoto police to point tourists to QR codes

Police in the city of Kyoto are offloading the duty of giving directions, putting up posters with QR codes for tourist sites at koban (police boxes). Kyoto Prefectural Police is the first police force to do so, because officers are routinely harried by non-Japanese asking ...

Tracking QR codes in the wild

Business | Japan Pulse Jul 5, 2011

Tracking QR codes in the wild

by Sandra Barron

Yamanashi Prefecture harnesses the power of QR codes to help distribute potentially lifesaving info to mountain hikers.

App unlocks augmented reality embedded in images

National / Media | Japan Pulse Oct 26, 2010

App unlocks augmented reality embedded in images

by Sandra Barron

Dentsu leapfrogs past QR codes with an image recognition app that makes use of augmented reality on mobile phones.

National / Media | Japan Pulse Feb 12, 2010

QR code breaking out of the box

by Felicity Hughes

Companies and municipalities are still finding new ways to unlock the potential of QR codes in Japan.

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