According to a survey conducted in November 2022, around 39 percent of consumers in their fifties in Japan used cashless payments whenever possible. At the same time, 13 percent of respondents in that age group stated they only used cash.
Level of cash and cashless usage in everyday life in Japan as of November 2022, by age group
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Full cashless: cashless transactions whenever possible.
Active cashless users: 70 to 80 percent of transactions are cashless.
Cash and cashless users: 50 percent of transactions are cashless.
Conservative cashless users: 20 to 30 percent of transactions are cashless.
Cash users: only using cash.
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METI (Japan). (December 20, 2022). Level of cash and cashless usage in everyday life in Japan as of November 2022, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363387/japan-level-of-cash-and-cashless-usage-by-age/
METI (Japan). "Level of cash and cashless usage in everyday life in Japan as of November 2022, by age group." Chart. December 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363387/japan-level-of-cash-and-cashless-usage-by-age/
METI (Japan). (2022). Level of cash and cashless usage in everyday life in Japan as of November 2022, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363387/japan-level-of-cash-and-cashless-usage-by-age/
METI (Japan). "Level of Cash and Cashless Usage in Everyday Life in Japan as of November 2022, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363387/japan-level-of-cash-and-cashless-usage-by-age/
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