According to a survey conducted by Rakuten Insight in September 2021, 52 percent of the respondents in Japan had messaging apps installed on their smartphones. Shopping apps, news apps, and finance and banking apps were also used by about half of the respondents
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Rakuten Insight. (November 24, 2021). Leading types of smartphone apps installed by people in Japan as of September 2021, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/209012/most-popular-smartphone-app-categories-in-us-and-japan/
Rakuten Insight. "Leading types of smartphone apps installed by people in Japan as of September 2021, by category." Chart. November 24, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/209012/most-popular-smartphone-app-categories-in-us-and-japan/
Rakuten Insight. (2021). Leading types of smartphone apps installed by people in Japan as of September 2021, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/209012/most-popular-smartphone-app-categories-in-us-and-japan/
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