More than 54 percent of consumers in Japan used cash to add money to prepaid IC cards, according to a survey conducted in 2022. Over 29 percent preferred to recharge smart cards with credit cards.
Leading top up methods for prepaid smart cards in Japan as of January 2022
among respondents who have used prepaid means of payment before
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Original question: "For the following payment methods that you have used in the past, what is your main method of recharging? If you use more than one method, please select the one you use most frequently."
IC prepaid smart cards include transportation smart cards, such as Suica, PASMO, TOICA, manaca, ICOCA, SUGOCA, nimoca, Kitaca, and retail smart cards, such as Rakuten Edy, nanaco, WAON, etc.
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Japan Payment Service Association. (April 7, 2022). Leading top up methods for prepaid smart cards in Japan as of January 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1353469/japan-prepaid-ic-cards-common-methods-recharging/
Japan Payment Service Association. "Leading top up methods for prepaid smart cards in Japan as of January 2022." Chart. April 7, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1353469/japan-prepaid-ic-cards-common-methods-recharging/
Japan Payment Service Association. (2022). Leading top up methods for prepaid smart cards in Japan as of January 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1353469/japan-prepaid-ic-cards-common-methods-recharging/
Japan Payment Service Association. "Leading Top up Methods for Prepaid Smart Cards in Japan as of January 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1353469/japan-prepaid-ic-cards-common-methods-recharging/
Japan Payment Service Association, Leading top up methods for prepaid smart cards in Japan as of January 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1353469/japan-prepaid-ic-cards-common-methods-recharging/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Leading top up methods for prepaid smart cards in Japan as of January 2022 [Graph], Japan Payment Service Association, April 7, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1353469/japan-prepaid-ic-cards-common-methods-recharging/
