2015 Tire Market Share in Japan

Nikkei Press estimated the market share of tire manufacturers in Japan in 2015. According to it, Bridgestone has the biggest share (25.3%). The industry-wide sales in 2015 were one million tons of tire.

Figure: 2015 Tire Market Share in Japan

Manufacturer	Market share (%)
Bridgestone	45.4
Sumitomo Rubber	25.5
Yokohama Rubber	16.1
Toyo Tire & Rubber	12.9
Others	0.1

Source is Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun newspaper, the article on 2016 July 25th.

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2015 Imported Car Market Share in Japan

Japan Automobile Importers Association released the data of the imported car market share in Japan. According to the report, 285,496 cars were imported to Japan in 2015. Among them, Mercedes-benz has the highest market share (23%). The last year's top seller Volkswagen dropped to the second place.

Manufacturer	Market share (%)
Mercedes-benz	22.8
Volkswagen	19.2
BMW	16.2
Audi	10.3
Mini	7.4
Others	24.1

Source is Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun newspaper, the article on 2016 July 25th.

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Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan, 2015

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reported the number of demographic data in 2015. According to it, top 10 causes of death in 2015 are the below.

Rank	Cause	Cause	Cause	Number of deaths
1	悪性新生物	Malignant neoplasm	Cancer	370,346
2	心疾患	Cardiac disease	Heart disease	196,113
3	肺炎	Pneumonia	Lung disease	120,953
4	脳血管疾患	Cerebrovascular disease	Brain vessel damage	111,973
5	老衰	Senility	Die of old age	84,810
6	不慮の事故	Freak accident	Accident	38,306
7	腎不全	Renal failure	Kidney disease	24,560
8	自殺	Suicide	Suicide	23,152
9	大動脈瘤及び大動脈解離	Aortic dissection and aortic aneurysm	Damage of Aorta	16,887
10	慢性閉塞性肺疾患	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	Cigarette disease	15,756

Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. 人口動態調査

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