January 23, 2020
Alipay Japan Co., Ltd.
Kansai Airports
Panasonic Corporation

Alipay Japan, Kansai Airports, and Panasonic to launch trial ofself-checkout showcases with digital payment function at KIX

Alipay Japan Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO Makoto Koyama), Kansai Airports (Headoffice: Izumisano, Osaka; Representative Director and CEO Yoshiyuki Yamaya), and Panasonic
Corporation (Head office: Kadoma, Osaka; CEO Kazuhiro Tsuga) today announced that the threecompanies will run a trial of self-checkout showcases equipped with electronic payment
technology in the international post-security area of Kansai International Airport (KIX) Terminal
1 from January 24 to 30, 2020.
KIX is seeing record-breaking passenger traffic in tandem with the recent surge in foreign visitors
to Japan. To provide a stress-free shopping environment for the traveling public, the airport has
been making efforts, including introducing cashless payment options to ease congestion at stores.
However, with Chinese visitors accounting for a large share of total international passengers,
customers still sometimes have to allow a longer-than-expected time for checkout during busy
travel seasons.
In this trial, two different kinds of Panasonic’s showcases (inner compartment and image
recognition types) will be installed in the international post-security area to sell Japanese
confectionaries that are particularly popular among Chinese travelers. Both showcases support
QR code-based payments via Alipay1, one of the leading mobile payment services in China. This
experiment is designed to assess the convenience of cashierless souvenir shopping, theoperational advantages, performance and operability of the showcases as an unstaffed system,and the resultant labor-saving effects. The trial will be run during the Chinese New Year holiday,
a time when many Chinese people visit Japan. Timed with this experiment, a special campaign
will be conducted to offer a 10% discount on any purchase with the showcase. As each type ofshowcase is equipped with a refrigeration system, a trial test for chilled goods will also be
considered in the future.
Alipay Japan, Kansai Airports, and Panasonic are committed to exploring new ways to make theshopping experience more seamless and convenient through the cross-industry collaboration
covering the airport (place), payment service (price) and system equipment (product).◼

Trial overview

Trial period: 8:00-20:00 from Friday, January 24, 2020 through Thursday, January 30, 2020
Location: Central area (international post-security) of the main terminal building in Terminal 1
HereDetails: Sale of popular confectionaries TOKYO BANANA Original Flavor2 and Shiroi Koibito3 using
Panasonic’s two different kinds of showcases (two units for each type) that support
Alipay’s QR code-based payment service. 10% discount campaign for any purchase withthe showcase.
Inner compartment type

Equipped with 12 lockable compartments and a touch panel.
After selecting a purchase item on the panel, the shopper
scans the Alipay QR code displayed on the panel with his/hersmartphone to make payment. After payment is successfullycompleted,theshowcase’sdoors

andtheinnercompartment selected are unlocked.

Image recognition type

Equipped with a touch panel, cameras, and weight sensors.
The shopper scans the Alipay QR code displayed on thetouch panel with his/her smartphone to pay a deposit. Afterthedeposit

payment

issuccessfullycompleted,theshowcase’s door is unlocked. With the weight sensor andimage recognition technology using the camera, the system
recognizes the product(s) taken out and the purchased
quantity and then displays the total purchase amount on thetouch panel. After the purchase amount is confirmed, thebalance will be returned.
1

A world-leading digital payment and lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group. The financial technology

provider offers online payment service for Chinese consumers in more than 50 countries and regions around the world and has
over 1.2 billion active users including those served by its global partners. Alipay is accepted at duty-free shops in 35 countries
and regions. Partnering with over 250 overseas financial institutions and payment solution providers, Alipay payment service
allows Chinese travelers’ payments for their purchases overseas as well as cross-border e-commerce of non-Chinese shoppers.
Currently Alipay handles transactions in 27 major currencies.
23TOKYO BANANA Original Flavor is a registered trademark of GRAPESTONE Co., Ltd.
Shiroi Koibito is a registered trademark of Ishiya Co., Ltd.