According to a survey conducted in Japan in December 2021, credit cards were the leading type of cashless payment method when shopping at supermarkets. While around 67 percent of consumers used credit cards in major nationwide chains, only about 6.3 percent of the respondents used debit cards at major chains.
Leading cashless payment methods used in supermarkets in Japan as of December 2021, by type of supermarket
among consumers who shopped at the respective supermarkets and used cashless payments
Supplementary notes
*Number of respondents for nationwide chains. The number of survey respondents for other supermarkets was 6,298.
Original question: "There are various types of cashless payments. Which payment method do you use? For each location, please select all the payment methods you use."
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METI (Japan). (March 2, 2022). Leading cashless payment methods used in supermarkets in Japan as of December 2021, by type of supermarket [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294384/japan-leading-cashless-payment-methods-supermarkets-by-type/
METI (Japan). "Leading cashless payment methods used in supermarkets in Japan as of December 2021, by type of supermarket." Chart. March 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294384/japan-leading-cashless-payment-methods-supermarkets-by-type/
METI (Japan). (2022). Leading cashless payment methods used in supermarkets in Japan as of December 2021, by type of supermarket. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294384/japan-leading-cashless-payment-methods-supermarkets-by-type/
METI (Japan). "Leading Cashless Payment Methods Used in Supermarkets in Japan as of December 2021, by Type of Supermarket." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294384/japan-leading-cashless-payment-methods-supermarkets-by-type/
METI (Japan), Leading cashless payment methods used in supermarkets in Japan as of December 2021, by type of supermarket Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294384/japan-leading-cashless-payment-methods-supermarkets-by-type/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Leading cashless payment methods used in supermarkets in Japan as of December 2021, by type of supermarket [Graph], METI (Japan), March 2, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294384/japan-leading-cashless-payment-methods-supermarkets-by-type/
