Japan Quietly Turns XRP Into Financial Infrastructure

• Japan has already integrated XRP into payment rails through banks and remittance.
• Regulatory clarity and upcoming securities-style oversight remove legal risk for institutional XRP use.
• Yen and dollar stablecoins create steady settlement demand, where XRP acts as a neutral bridge.

Japan did not test XRP as a pilot. It integrated XRP into the financial infrastructure, according to X Finance Bull.

SBI Holdings partnered with Ripple early and launched SBI Ripple Asia to deploy XRP-powered payments across Japan and Southeast Asia. Also, SBI Remit, Japan’s largest non-bank remittance firm, operates an on-demand liquidity service using XRP.

Yen is converted into XRP, then settled into the destination currency within seconds. No pre-funded nostro accounts. Each transfer creates direct, time-bound XRP demand. Interestingly, the Japan-Philippines corridor went live fir…

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