Japan will start a pilot program in April to test the use of a digital yen, its central bank said Friday, joining a growing number of countries seeking to catch up to front-runner China in launching a ...

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TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan will begin a pilot program for a digital yen with commercial financial institutions in April, the central bank said Friday, in trials expected to last several years.