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Apple Pay heads to Japan with help from Sony's contactless tech

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Apple's iPhone accounts for half of the Japanese smartphone market.   © Reuters
YUICHIRO KANEMATSU, Nikkei staff writer | Japan

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Apple will partner with a Sony unit to bring its smartphone-based payment service to Japan, using the partner's contactless FeliCa technology to piggyback on existing infrastructure.

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