The JAPAN CASHLESS rebate program has been up and running for a month already and the first batch of Suica JRE POINT rebates should be coming this week. One of the interesting aspects of the program is how it favors smaller family owned businesses with larger 5% rebates to encourage cashless payment uptake on the cash register side. Large chains like AEON and SEIYU (Walmart) are excluded altogether.
Finding a supermarket with CASHLESS rebates isn’t easy but fortunately for Asagaya area residents there is one: CoCoS Nakamura that just opened a store last year. They offer 5% CASHLESS rebates for purchases made with Mastercard and VISA cards, JCB is ‘coming soon’ (no contactless options), there are other CoCoS Nakamura stores in the east part of Tokyo. 5% off everything, effectively the rare 3% ‘jackpot‘ consumption tax rate until June 30 which is nice and a big cashless shopping incentive, I just wish there was more of it lasting longer.
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