Original question: "In order to promote cashless payments, wage payments are now permitted to be made to the account of a fund transfer company designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, if the worker agrees to this. Would you use digital payment of wages at your workplace if it became available?"
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.
Figures may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding by the source.
According to a survey conducted in 2023, less than *** percent of people in Japan received their wages digitally. Around **** percent wanted to use digital wage payments. Since , employers are allowed to make wage payments digitally via payments apps.
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Yu-Cho Foundation. (April 2, 2024). Usage of digital wage payments in Japan as of December 2023 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 15, 2026, from /statistics/1463979/japan-digital-wage-payments-usage/
Yu-Cho Foundation. "Usage of digital wage payments in Japan as of December 2023." Chart. April 2, 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 15, 2026. /statistics/1463979/japan-digital-wage-payments-usage/
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