Yamada Denki stores operate with a small number of branded stores including Tecc Land, Labi, and Yamada Mobile, which specialize in mobile phones. According to the studies, there will be 956 stores by March 2017. In April last year, another major series of electronics joined Bitflyer platform to accept bitcoin payments. Bic Camera attempted a bitcoin payment at two of its stores initially. Then in July last year, it announced that it had introduced bitcoin payment options in all its 40 stores across Japan.