[Rakuten Payment Co., Ltd.] Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture and Rakuten Payment hold a cashless cultural festival at high schools in the city Rakuten Payment Co., Ltd. Press release: November 12, 2024 Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture and Rakuten Payment to hold cashless cultural festival at high schools in the city – “Rakuten Pay Terminal” introduced at school festival as part of next-generation education program – Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture (hereinafter “Nagato City”) and Rakuten Payment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Rakuten Payment”) will open Nagato High School on Saturday, November 9, 2024 as part of a next-generation education program based on a comprehensive partnership agreement. We held a cashless cultural festival at our school.
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Furthermore, as part of an initiative based on the collaborative item “Matters related to the city’s e-commerce business,” Nagato City and Rakuten will hold a program for Nagato High School students to learn about money and foster entrepreneurship in thinking about the future for themselves. We are implementing next-generation education programs with the following objectives. As part of this next-generation education program, Rakuten Payment has introduced the “Rakuten Pay Terminal” to Nagato High School’s school festival. In addition, a review class regarding this cashless cultural festival will be held on November 20th (Wednesday). Through this, students will gain a deeper understanding of cashless payments, while learning how to reduce the burden and risk of cash management and improve convenience.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/57042/563/57042-563-00d2bd2c6fef62566c48f4a7277d96a0-2057×680.png Before the school festival, we held a briefing session on how to use the Rakuten Pay Terminal for all students at Nagato High School, and the day of the school festival arrived with smooth use of the Rakuten Pay Terminal. Throughout the school festival, we received many comments from students and teachers, such as “It’s convenient because you can pay quickly,” “It’s easy because you don’t have to give change,” and “I’m glad to be able to participate in a new
initiative, and I want to do it again next year.” Additionally, at the Rakuten Pay app support booth, Rakuten Payment employees provided support on how to download and use the app, allowing those using app payments for the first time to experience the cashless cultural festival smoothly. The newly introduced Rakuten Pay Terminal is an all-in-one payment terminal that is equipped with credit card, electronic money, and QR code payment functions, as well as receipt printer, mobile communication (4G LTE), and Wi-Fi communication functions. Rakuten Pay Terminal’s unique feature is that you can immediately implement cashless payments with just one Rakuten Pay Terminal, without having to prepare a new smartphone or tablet. *Please see below for details on Rakuten Pay Terminal.
https://pay.rakuten.co.jp/business/service/terminal/ Rakuten Payment will hold cashless classes for junior high school students from December 2021, parent-child cashless classes for lower grades of elementary school from April 2023, and will introduce cashless payments at school festivals from September 2024. We have been actively working to promote cashless payments, with a focus on financial education for young people. Nagato City and Rakuten Payment aim to expand opportunities to use cashless payments, improve financial literacy among young people, and expand the number of users. ■ Inquiries regarding the introduction of “Rakuten Pay Terminal” from school officials If you are a school official, please contact us below. Rakuten Payment Co., Ltd. E-mail:
payment-gakuensaipj@mail.rakuten.com [About Nagato City]
https://www.city.nagato.yamaguchi.jp/ Nagato City is a city of approximately 30,000 people located in the northwestern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture, the westernmost tip of Honshu. Facing the beautiful coastline designated as Kitanagato Kaigan Quasi-National Park, there are activities that take advantage of the natural environment, five hot springs with different tastes, and a memorial to the nursery rhyme poet Misuzu Kaneko, famous for “Me, the Little Bird, and the Bell.” It has abundant tourism and scenic resources, including a museum. In addition, the city is blessed with a wealth of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products from the sea to the mountains, such as Kensaki squid, Choshu Kurokashiwa, and Nagato Yuzukichi.In particular, the poultry industry has one of the highest number of Yakitori shops per capita in Japan. It is also becoming more well-known as a town. The number of immigrants is increasing due to the rich nature and food, and it is also being chosen as a migration destination. [About Rakuten Payment Co., Ltd.]
https://payment.rakuten.co.jp/ Rakuten Payment Co., Ltd. was established in April 2019 as a company within the Rakuten Group that provides services centered on payment and marketing. 2024 2nd Japanese Customer Satisfaction Index Survey (*) In the QR code payment industry, Rakuten Pay, which has been ranked No. 1 in customer satisfaction for two consecutive years, as well as Rakuten Point Card and We operate physical store payments such as Rakuten Check and Rakuten Pay. Rakuten Edy, Inc., a subsidiary of Rakuten Payment, Inc., operates Rakuten Edy and Rakuten Cash. We provide friendly,
convenient, and safe payment services to our customers, and we provide merchants with a wide range of payment services tailored to their industry and type of business, as well as business support through data-based marketing programs. *Japanese customer satisfaction index survey results: https://www.jpc-net.jp/research/detail/007024.html *The company names, product names, service names, etc. listed are registered trademarks or trademarks of each company. More than