51% of Japanese children get first phone at elementary school age, poll finds - The Japan Times

The rate was up 11.5 percentage points from the previous poll in 2019, said Mobile Marketing Data Labo.

Children in Japan are receiving their first smartphones at an increasingly early age, with 51.6% of parents reporting giving them to their children in elementary school, according to a recent survey.… [+1466 chars]

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