Japanese online services firm GMO Internet Inc. said Tuesday it will begin paying part of its employees' paychecks in bitcoin next year to promote the cryptocurrency.Starting in March, the company's 4,000-plus domestic workers will be given the option to receive up to 100,000 yen ($880) of their monthly pay in bitcoin. GMO Internet earlier this year set up a virtual currency trading service, and has announced plans to begin bitcoin "mining," or obtaining the decentralized digital currency by using powerful computers and special software, in January.(Getty)Japan's labor code stipulates that …READ FULL ARTICLE