In a survey conducted in 2023, around 62 percent of respondents in Japan reported they were using or wanted to use the mobile electronic money services of public transportation companies, such as Suica and PASMO. WAON was the second most popular e-money smartphone app, named by 31.5 percent of the respondents.
Most used electronic money smartphone payment apps in Japan as of December 2023
*Among respondents who reported they currently use or would like to use electronic money via smartphone apps in a previous question.
Original question: "Which of the following electronic money payments do you currently use or would like to use in the future?"
Respondents were asked to choose between face-to-face interviews and postal retrieval of surveys. The source used a stratified two-stage random sampling method.
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Yu-Cho Foundation, & Central Research Services. (April 2, 2024). Most used electronic money smartphone payment apps in Japan as of December 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1460336/japan-most-used-electronic-money-smartphone-payment-services/
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