But as the barcode celebrates its birthday on Monday, its days might be numbered as it faces competition from the younger QR code, the information-filled squares used in smartphones.

With the new payment service called PayPay, SoftBank and Yahoo Japan will launch this service by fall 2018 and release it to 40 million of their user base.

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