*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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Most used mobile e-money payment apps in Japan 2023
In a survey conducted in 2023, around ** 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 **** percent of the respondents.
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