Murder Rate (Number of Actual Victims) by Prefecture in Japan, 2017
According to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 288 persons were murdered in 2017. The following table shows the numbers of murder victims by prefecture in 2017.
Figure: Murder Rate (Number of Actual Victims) by Prefecture in Japan, 2017
| Prefecture | Victims | Male | Female | Population | Rate (per million) |
| Total | 288 | 159 | 129 | 124,648,471 | 2.31 |
| Ehime | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1,354,000 | 6.65 |
| Miyazaki | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1,083,000 | 5.54 |
| Kagawa | 5 | 2 | 3 | 959,000 | 5.21 |
| Yamaguchi | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1,369,000 | 4.38 |
| Shiga | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1,390,000 | 4.32 |
| Ibaraki | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2,847,000 | 4.21 |
| Niigata | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2,253,000 | 3.99 |
| Kumamoto | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1,754,000 | 3.99 |
| Osaka | 32 | 17 | 15 | 8,657,000 | 3.70 |
| Saga | 3 | 1 | 2 | 819,000 | 3.66 |
| Shizuoka | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3,605,000 | 3.61 |
| Tottori | 2 | 2 | 0 | 561,000 | 3.57 |
| Okinawa | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1,429,000 | 3.50 |
| Gifu | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1,970,000 | 3.05 |
| Nara | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1,338,000 | 2.99 |
| Fukuoka | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5,051,000 | 2.97 |
| Nagano | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2,047,000 | 2.93 |
| Kochi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 710,000 | 2.82 |
| Yamagata | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1,095,000 | 2.74 |
| Ishikawa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1,136,000 | 2.64 |
| Fukui | 2 | 1 | 1 | 767,000 | 2.61 |
| Hiroshima | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2,789,000 | 2.51 |
| Aomori | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1,274,000 | 2.35 |
| Mie | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1,763,000 | 2.27 |
| Nagasaki | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1,346,000 | 2.23 |
| Hyogo | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5,417,000 | 2.22 |
| Fukushima | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1,871,000 | 2.14 |
| Wakayama | 2 | 1 | 1 | 939,000 | 2.13 |
| Kanagawa | 19 | 9 | 10 | 8,989,000 | 2.11 |
| Saitama | 15 | 10 | 5 | 7,174,000 | 2.09 |
| Tochigi | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1,930,000 | 2.07 |
| Akita | 2 | 0 | 2 | 992,000 | 2.02 |
| Hokkaido | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5,292,000 | 1.89 |
| Kagoshima | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1,617,000 | 1.86 |
| Oita | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1,142,000 | 1.75 |
| Okayama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1,888,000 | 1.59 |
| Kyoto | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2,551,000 | 1.57 |
| Chiba | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6,141,000 | 1.47 |
| Aichi | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7,328,000 | 1.36 |
| Yamanashi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 811,000 | 1.23 |
| Iwate | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1,249,000 | 0.80 |
| Tokyo | 10 | 5 | 5 | 13,273,000 | 0.75 |
| Gunma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1,913,000 | 0.52 |
| Miyagi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2,305,000 | 0.43 |
| Toyama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,043,000 | 0.00 |
| Shimane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 678,000 | 0.00 |
| Tokushima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 739,000 | 0.00 |
| Unknown | 2 | 2 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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The Average Length of Japan Baseball (NPB) Games, 2018
According to NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball Organization), the average length of NPB games is 3 hours and 13 minutes (only 9 inning games of the regular season) in 2018.
If it includes extra inning games, the average time is 3 hours and 18 minutes.
The average length of MLB (USA baseball) games is just 3 hours (per 9 innings). So games in Japan are quite long.
Table: Average length of games by team in 2018 (unit, hh:mm)
| Season standing | Team | Game length (9 innings) | Game length (all) |
| Central league | 3:14 | 3:19 | |
| 1 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 3:20 | 3:26 |
| 2 | Yakult Swallows | 3:19 | 3:24 |
| 3 | Yomiuri Giants | 3:09 | 3:12 |
| 4 | DeNA Baystars | 3:09 | 3:12 |
| 5 | Chunichi Dragons | 3:10 | 3:15 |
| 6 | Hanshin Tigers | 3:19 | 3:22 |
| Pacific league | 3:13 | 3:18 | |
| 1 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 3:13 | 3:17 |
| 2 | Fukuoka SoftbankHawks | 3:16 | 3:20 |
| 3 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 3:13 | 3:18 |
| 4 | Orix Buffaloes | 3:06 | 3:13 |
| 5 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 3:12 | 3:18 |
| 6 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 3:14 | 3:20 |
Source is Nippon Professional Baseball Organization.
npb.jp/statistics/2018/time.html
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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, the announced number does not mean actual number of guests. The actual number may be less than the below.
Table 1: Central league
| Season standing | Team | Franchise place | Total Attendees | Host games | Attendee per game |
| 1 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | Hiroshima | 2,232,100 | 72 | 31,001 |
| 2 | Yakult Swallows | Tokyo | 1,927,822 | 71 | 27,152 |
| 3 | Yomiuri Giants | Tokyo | 3,002,347 | 72 | 41,699 |
| 4 | DeNA Baystars | Yokohama | 2,027,922 | 72 | 28,166 |
| 5 | Chunichi Dragons | Nagoya | 2,146,406 | 71 | 30,231 |
| 6 | Hanshin Tigers | Nishinomiya | 2,898,976 | 71 | 40,831 |
Table 2: Pacific league
| Season standing | Team | Franchise place | Total Attendees | Host games | Attendee per game |
| 1 | Saitama Seibu Lions | Tokorozawa | 1,763,174 | 71 | 24,833 |
| 2 | Fukuoka Softbank Hawks | Fukuoka | 2,566,554 | 71 | 36,149 |
| 3 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | Sapporo | 1,968,916 | 71 | 27,731 |
| 4 | Orix Buffaloes | Osaka | 1,625,365 | 72 | 22,575 |
| 5 | Chiba Lotte Marines | Chiba | 1,665,133 | 72 | 23,127 |
| 6 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | Sendai | 1,726,004 | 72 | 23,972 |
Source is Nippon Professional Baseball Organization.
www.npb.or.jp/statistics/
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