Top 10 Best Selling Manga in Japan, 2017
A market research company Oricon published the top 10 ranking of best selling manga in 2017 (data from 2016 Dec. 5 to 2017 Nov. 27). According to it, ONE PIECE keeps the 1st place as usual.
Table: Top 10 Best Selling Manga in Japan, 2017 by author
| Rank | Title | Title | 2017 Sales (copies) | Author | Publisher | 2016 Sales (copies) |
| 1 | ONE PIECE | ONE PIECE | 11,495,532 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 12,314,326 |
| 2 | 進撃の巨人 | Attack on Titan | 6,622,781 | Hajime Isayama | Kodansha | 6,544,081 |
| 3 | キングダム | Kingdom | 6,184,214 | Yasuhisa Hara | Shueisha | 6,595,968 |
| 4 | 僕のヒーローアカデミア | My Hero Academia | 5,852,310 | Kohei Horikoshi | Shueisha | 5,114,916 |
| 5 | 東京喰種-トーキョーグールー:re | Tokyo Ghoul:re | 5,303,514 | Sui Ishida | Shueisha | 4,278,599 |
| 6 | ハイキュー!! | Haikyū!! | 5,067,939 | Haruichi Furudate | Shueisha | 6,474,394 |
| 7 | 七つの大罪 | The Seven Deadly Sins | 3,592,571 | Nakaba Suzuki | Kodansha | 5,115,573 |
| 8 | ワンパンマン | One-Punch Man | 3,223,151 | Story: ONE, Art: Yusuke Murata | Shueisha | 3,979,760 |
| 9 | 食戟のソーマ | Food Wars | 2,792,441 | Story: Yuto Tsukuda, Art: Shun Saeki, Providing the recipes for the series: Yuki Morisaki | Shueisha | 3,477,128 |
| 10 | マギ | Magi | 2,713,074 | Shinobu Ohtaka | Shogakukan | N/A |
source is oricon.
The following is the ranking of 25 best selling manga books in 2017.
No.1
ONE PIECE 84
No.2
ONE PIECE 85
No.3
ONE PIECE 86
No.4
ONE PIECE 87
No.5
Attack on Titan 21
No.6
Attack on Titan 22
No.7
Attack on Titan 23
No.8
No.9
Tokyo Ghoul 9
No.10
Tokyo Ghoul 10
No.11
One-Punch Man 12
No.12
Haikyū!! 24
No.13
Haikyū!! 25
No.14
Haikyū!! 26
No.15
Tokyo Ghoul 11
No.16
Kingdom 45
No.17
Silver Spoon 14
No.18
Kingdom 47
No.19
Tokyo Ghoul 12
No.20
Kingdom 46
No.21
One-Punch Man 13
No.22
My Hero Academia 12
No.23
Kingdom 48
No.24
March Comes in Like a Lion 13
No.25
Haikyū!! 27
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Number of foreign workers in Japan, 2016
As of 2016 October 1,083,769 workers worked in Japan. The following data show the number of foreign workers by their nationality. Under the Employment Measures Act, each employer has to report the number of hired foreign workers to the job-placement office. The following data is the reported figure. It does not match the actual number of foreign workers.
| Nationality | Workers |
| Chinese | 344,658 |
| Vietnamese | 172,018 |
| Filipino | 127,518 |
| Brazilian | 106,597 |
| Nepali | 52,770 |
| Korean | 48,121 |
| American | 28,976 |
| Peruvian | 26,072 |
| Others | 138,660 |
Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/houdou/0000148933.html
www.mhlw.go.jp/file/04-Houdouhappyou-11655000-Shokugyouanteikyokuhakenyukiroudoutaisakubu-Gaikokujinkoyoutaisakuka/648474.xlsx
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2017 Season Attendance Figures of NPB (Japan Professional Baseball)
The tables below show 2017 season's attendance figures of NPB.
The figure means the number of sold tickets. It includes someone who did not show up at the game in despite of having a ticket. So announced number does not mean actual number of guests. The actual number may be less than the below.
Table 1: Pacific league
| Season standing | Team | Franchise place | Total Attendees | Host games | Attendee per game |
| 1 | Fukuoka Softbank Hawks | Fukuoka | 2,526,792 | 72 | 35,094 |
| 2 | Saitama Seibu Lions | Tokorozawa | 1,673,219 | 72 | 23,239 |
| 3 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | Sendai | 1,770,108 | 71 | 24,931 |
| 4 | Orix Buffaloes | Osaka | 1,608,751 | 71 | 22,658 |
| 5 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | Sapporo | 2,086,410 | 72 | 28,978 |
| 6 | Chiba Lotte Marines | Chiba | 1,450,164 | 71 | 20,425 |
Table 2: Central league
| Season standing | Team | Franchise place | Total Attendees | Host games | Attendee per game |
| 1 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | Hiroshima | 2,177,554 | 71 | 30,670 |
| 2 | Hanshin Tigers | Nishinomiya | 3,034,626 | 72 | 42,148 |
| 3 | DeNA Baystars | Yokohama | 1,979,446 | 71 | 27,880 |
| 4 | Yomiuri Giants | Tokyo | 2,958,890 | 71 | 41,675 |
| 5 | Chunichi Dragons | Nagoya | 2,010,772 | 72 | 27,927 |
| 6 | Yakult Swallows | Tokyo | 1,862,731 | 72 | 25,871 |
Source is Nippon Professional Baseball Organization.
www.npb.or.jp/statistics/
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