Samson Mow, chief executive officer of blockchain infrastructure company Jan3, met in Tokyo on 27 August with senior figures from Japan’s Democratic Party for the People and the Sanseito party to discuss establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the country. Party representatives described the initiative as urgent and said they will evaluate policy options for holding bitcoin as part of Japan’s national reserves. No formal legislation has been introduced, but the talks signal growing political interest in integrating the cryptocurrency into sovereign reserve management.