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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 3896617, member: 15588&quot;]The show mentions that the Japanese government is trying to entice people to use more digital transactions, but they haven&#039;t really succeeded. That might explain the 5% discount mentioned above.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also mentions the tradition of fresh, crisp bills in fancy cards, with the exception of funerals, where the rule changes to a decently worn bill. I saw these cards in a Japantown store in San Francisco, but that&#039;s the nearest that I&#039;ve come to seeing the real thing. They&#039;re pretty intricate and impressively bundled.</p><p><br /></p><p>Contrasted with Sweden, which the show claims now processes over 90% of transactions digitally, Japan processes around 20%, if I&#039;m remembering the figure exactly. It was low, in any case. Apparently, Japan is the place to be for coin and currency collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who knows where the trends will lead? I recently heard that the Salvation Army has started accepting digital donations, which might help because I never have cash on me anymore and I used to plop a dollar or two into the buckets when passing by. I&#039;m still living a 99.9% cashless lifestyle. I did go to a cash machine <i>for the first time in 2019</i> yesterday because I needed to pay cash for a personal transaction. It felt a little strange and within two hours I again had no cash in my wallet. Oh well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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