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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Bank of Japan. (September 30, 2020). Number of pre-paid electronic money instruments issued on mobile phones in Japan from 2014 to 2019 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 19, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183553/japan-number-of-electronic-money-instruments-issued-on-mobile-phones/
Bank of Japan. "Number of pre-paid electronic money instruments issued on mobile phones in Japan from 2014 to 2019 (in millions)." Chart. September 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 19, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183553/japan-number-of-electronic-money-instruments-issued-on-mobile-phones/
Bank of Japan. (2020). Number of pre-paid electronic money instruments issued on mobile phones in Japan from 2014 to 2019 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 19, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183553/japan-number-of-electronic-money-instruments-issued-on-mobile-phones/
Bank of Japan. "Number of Pre-paid Electronic Money Instruments Issued on Mobile Phones in Japan from 2014 to 2019 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183553/japan-number-of-electronic-money-instruments-issued-on-mobile-phones/
Bank of Japan, Number of pre-paid electronic money instruments issued on mobile phones in Japan from 2014 to 2019 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183553/japan-number-of-electronic-money-instruments-issued-on-mobile-phones/ (last visited January 19, 2021)