According to a survey conducted in Japan between ********* and *************, the most common occasion to use electronic money was for smaller purchases at a store, as answered by almost ** percent of respondents. Almost ** percent of consumers resorted to the prepaid payment instrument when they did not have any cash with them.
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Japan Fair Trade Commission. (April 8, 2022). Most common occasions for electronic money payments in Japan as of February 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315238/japan-most-common-electronic-money-payment-occasions/
Japan Fair Trade Commission. "Most common occasions for electronic money payments in Japan as of February 2022." Chart. April 8, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315238/japan-most-common-electronic-money-payment-occasions/
Japan Fair Trade Commission. (2022). Most common occasions for electronic money payments in Japan as of February 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315238/japan-most-common-electronic-money-payment-occasions/
Japan Fair Trade Commission. "Most Common Occasions for Electronic Money Payments in Japan as of February 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315238/japan-most-common-electronic-money-payment-occasions/
Japan Fair Trade Commission, Most common occasions for electronic money payments in Japan as of February 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315238/japan-most-common-electronic-money-payment-occasions/ (last visited July 20, 2025)
Most common occasions for electronic money payments in Japan as of February 2022 [Graph], Japan Fair Trade Commission, April 8, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315238/japan-most-common-electronic-money-payment-occasions/
