"The Japanese logistics firm plans to pay 2,300 partners, including truck drivers, using JPYC in Japan’s first large-scale corporate stablecoin rollout. Maruwa's aims to facilitate faster cash flow to drivers and small carriers amid Japan's labor shortages, an aging workforce and stricter overtime regulations, Nikkei Asia said. The company hopes that near-instant and free conversions to yen via stablecoins will make contracting work more attractive."