According to a survey conducted in November 2022, around 36 percent of consumers in Japan used cashless payments whenever possible. At the same time, 17 percent of respondents stated they only used cash.
Level of cash and cashless usage in everyday life in Japan as of November 2022
Original question: "Please let us know about your cashless payment usage. Cashless payment refers to non-cash payments such as credit card, debit card, electronic money, QR code payment, direct debit, bank transfer, etc."
Full cashless: cashless transactions whenever possible.
Active cashless users: 70 to 80 percent of transactions are cashless.
Cash and cashless users: 50 percent of transactions are cashless.
Conservative cashless users: 20 to 30 percent of transactions are cashless.
Cash users: only using cash.
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METI (Japan). (December 20, 2022). Level of cash and cashless usage in everyday life in Japan as of November 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363367/japan-level-of-cash-and-cashless-usage/
METI (Japan). "Level of cash and cashless usage in everyday life in Japan as of November 2022." Chart. December 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363367/japan-level-of-cash-and-cashless-usage/
METI (Japan). (2022). Level of cash and cashless usage in everyday life in Japan as of November 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363367/japan-level-of-cash-and-cashless-usage/
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