As of December 2021, the number of pre-paid electronic money instruments using contactless integrated circuit (IC) chips issued on mobile phones in Japan amounted to around 49.7 million. Mobile phones accounted for almost 10 percent of the total number of e-money instruments issued in Japan. 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 2021
(in millions)
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Bank of Japan. (February 28, 2022). Number of pre-paid electronic money instruments issued on mobile phones in Japan from 2014 to 2021 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 08, 2022, 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 2021 (in millions)." Chart. February 28, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 08, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183553/japan-number-of-electronic-money-instruments-issued-on-mobile-phones/
Bank of Japan. (2022). Number of pre-paid electronic money instruments issued on mobile phones in Japan from 2014 to 2021 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 08, 2022. 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 2021 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2022, 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 2021 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183553/japan-number-of-electronic-money-instruments-issued-on-mobile-phones/ (last visited August 08, 2022)
