Intasect Communications, Inc. (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Tan Yufeng, President; hereinafter “Intasect”), an inbound support company for China, has been adopted in a vending machine jointly developed by Ito En Corporation (headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Daisuke Honjo, President) and (headquartered in Koto-ku, Tokyo; President: Gen Imaizumi).

■About the vending machines to be installed
“WeChat Pay-enabled vending machines” are equipped with a tablet-type display on the main panel of the vending machine (advertising space), which enables WeChat Pay payment by reading QR codes from smartphones. In addition, this communication-type vending machine can distribute videos on a tablet-type display, helping customers at the installation site to disseminate information and advertisements.

Main panel section of vending machine (center position)

■What is WeChat Pay
“WeChat Pay” is a payment service within the WeChat application and has about 600 million users.
Merchants install the WeChat Pay payment application on their tablets or dedicated terminals, and either read the QR code presented by the user or read the QR code for payment by the user to make a payment. Users can link their own bank cards to WeChat for a cashless, secure, fast, and efficient payment service.
In China, electronic payments are becoming the mainstream payment method, and Chinese tourists traveling to Japan can use WeChat Pay, which allows them to pay in RMB from their own bank accounts, without the fees associated with converting to cash, making shopping more economical and efficient.

■Background of the introduction of WeChat Pay
To promote the installation of the newly developed “WeChat Pay compatible vending machines” to increase convenience for the increasing number of foreign visitors to Japan and to expand services to customers by extending new cashless payment methods, as well as to further enhance value. The decision to introduce the system was made by the company.

■Company Profile
Company Name : Intasect Communications, Inc.
Representative : Tan Yufeng, President
Address : B-M Bldg. 4F, 3-1 Kanda Ogawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0052, Japan
Established : November 2000
Capital : 98.56 million yen
URL : https://www.intasect. com
Business ： China business support service, software development, Internet advertising support service

Trade Name ： Ito En Corporation
Representative ： President and Representative Director Daisuke Honjo
Location ： 3-47-10 Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8550, Japan
Founded ： August 1966
Capital ： 19,912.3 million yen
URL ： https://www.itoen.co.jp/
Business ： Manufacturing and sales of soft drinks (green tea, oolong tea, black tea, vegetable Oolong tea, black tea, vegetable, oolong tea, oolong tea, black tea, vegetable, fruit, coffee, etc.), production and sales of green tea, import and sales of oolong tea and black tea, production and sales of health food products.

Trade name: Neos Corporation
Representative: Gen Imaizumi, President
Location: Sumitomo Fudosan Kameido Building 4F, 1-42-20 Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-0071, Japan
Established: May 1985
Capital: 24.1 billion yen
URL: https://www.neos-corp.jp/
Business: Vending of various beverage water and food through vending machines and food products through vending machines, maintenance and management of vending machines, and other businesses related to the above

Intasect Communications, Inc.
Sales & Marketing Division
Phone: 03-3233-3524
E-mail: wechatpay@intasect.co.jp