• Japan: number of electronic money instruments issued on mobile phones 2019

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As of December 2019, the number of pre-paid electronic money instruments using contactless integrated circuit (IC) chips issued on mobile phones in Japan amounted to around 40 million. Mobile phones accounted for approximately nine percent of the total 423.71 million IC e-money instruments issued in Japan that year. Japanese providers started to issue their first pre-paid e-money cards in the early 2000s.

Number of pre-paid electronic money instruments issued on mobile phones in Japan from 2014 to 2019 (in millions)

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2014 to 2019

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as of December each year

Supplementary notes

The statistic refers to pre-paid e-money payment methods using contactless integrated circuit (IC) chips.
The statistic shows data of eight issuers:
“Rakuten Edy” (Rakuten Edy, Inc)
"Suica" (East Japan Railway Company)
"Kitaca" (Hokkaido Railway Company)
"SUGOCA" (Kyushu Railway Company)
"PASMO" (PASMO Co., Ltd)
"ICOCA" (West Japan Railway Company)
"WAON" (AEON Co., Ltd)
"nanaco" (Seven Card Service Co., Ltd)
In the case of public transportation companies, the transaction value excludes fare collections.

Values have been rounded.
Data prior to 2017 come from previous reporting.