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    "title": "Japan BNPL and credit-purchase boundary",
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      "japan-bnpl-credit-purchase-boundary",
      "Japan BNPL legal boundary",
      "あと払い credit purchase boundary"
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      "BNPL",
      "installment-sales",
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      "Paidy",
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    "sources": [
      "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/consumer/credit/kappuhanbaihoatobaraibunyanogaiyofaq.html",
      "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/consumer/credit/11kappuhanbaihou.html",
      "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/consumer/credit/atobaraigyouseisyobunnojoukyou.html",
      "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/consumer/credit/115tourokujigyousyaitiran.html",
      "https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/consumer/credit/index.html",
      "https://www.j-credit.or.jp/customer/sales_law/",
      "https://www.j-credit.or.jp/security/document/index.html",
      "https://www.caa.go.jp/policies/policy/consumer_policy/caution/internet/trouble/payment.html",
      "https://www.caa.go.jp/policies/policy/consumer_policy/caution/caution_026/",
      "https://investor.pypl.com/news-and-events/news-details/2021/PayPal-to-Acquire-Paidy/default.aspx",
      "https://paidy.com/corporate/"
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  "summary": "BNPL in Japan is best treated as a checkout-credit boundary, not as a separate magic category. A product can look like \"あと払い\" while its legal / operating route touches installment sales, credit purchase intermediation, merchant acquiring, consumer screening, convenience-store repayment, wallet linka",
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