Changes in the Price of Men's Underpants in Japan, 1970-2015
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications monitors the price of men's underpants monthly.
The data below show the changes in the price indexes of men's underpants between 1970 and 2015, if the price in 2015 is taken as 100.
| Year | Index (2015 = 100) | Price of men's underpants (yen) |
| 1970 | 40.0 | 383 |
| 1971 | 43.0 | 412 |
| 1972 | 45.2 | 433 |
| 1973 | 53.1 | 509 |
| 1974 | 69.3 | 664 |
| 1975 | 67.9 | 650 |
| 1976 | 68.6 | 657 |
| 1977 | 71.0 | 680 |
| 1978 | 71.3 | 683 |
| 1979 | 71.3 | 683 |
| 1980 | 72.1 | 691 |
| 1981 | 74.5 | 714 |
| 1982 | 74.5 | 714 |
| 1983 | 74.2 | 711 |
| 1984 | 74.0 | 709 |
| 1985 | 74.2 | 711 |
| 1986 | 74.0 | 709 |
| 1987 | 73.9 | 708 |
| 1988 | 74.3 | 712 |
| 1989 | 75.7 | 725 |
| 1990 | 76.3 | 731 |
| 1991 | 78.3 | 750 |
| 1992 | 83.9 | 804 |
| 1993 | 84.2 | 807 |
| 1994 | 83.9 | 804 |
| 1995 | 83.9 | 804 |
| 1996 | 84.2 | 807 |
| 1997 | 86.0 | 824 |
| 1998 | 86.7 | 831 |
| 1999 | 87.1 | 834 |
| 2000 | 91.4 | 876 |
| 2001 | 91.9 | 880 |
| 2002 | 92.0 | 881 |
| 2003 | 91.6 | 878 |
| 2004 | 91.4 | 876 |
| 2005 | 92.6 | 887 |
| 2006 | 93.6 | 897 |
| 2007 | 94.3 | 903 |
| 2008 | 93.6 | 897 |
| 2009 | 93.9 | 900 |
| 2010 | 92.2 | 883 |
| 2011 | 92.7 | 888 |
| 2012 | 93.2 | 893 |
| 2013 | 93.2 | 893 |
| 2014 | 96.8 | 927 |
| 2015 | 100.0 | 958 |
Source is Statistics Bureau. 消費者物価指数 (CPI) 結果
www.stat.go.jp/data/cpi/historic.htm
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Csvdl.do?sinfid=000011288551
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Changes in the Price of Men's Undershirts in Japan, 1970-2015
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications monitors the price of men's undershirts monthly.
The data below show the changes in the price indexes of men's undershirts between 1970 and 2015, if the price in 2015 is taken as 100.
| Year | Index (2015 = 100) | Price of men's undershirts (yen) |
| 1970 | 38.5 | 392 |
| 1971 | 43.4 | 441 |
| 1972 | 45.5 | 463 |
| 1973 | 53.6 | 545 |
| 1974 | 75.6 | 769 |
| 1975 | 74.4 | 757 |
| 1976 | 75.4 | 767 |
| 1977 | 78.2 | 795 |
| 1978 | 79.4 | 807 |
| 1979 | 79.6 | 810 |
| 1980 | 81.1 | 825 |
| 1981 | 84.6 | 860 |
| 1982 | 85.0 | 864 |
| 1983 | 85.3 | 868 |
| 1984 | 85.7 | 872 |
| 1985 | 85.8 | 873 |
| 1986 | 85.7 | 872 |
| 1987 | 85.4 | 869 |
| 1988 | 85.5 | 870 |
| 1989 | 87.2 | 887 |
| 1990 | 87.7 | 892 |
| 1991 | 89.1 | 906 |
| 1992 | 93.1 | 947 |
| 1993 | 93.2 | 948 |
| 1994 | 92.9 | 945 |
| 1995 | 92.7 | 943 |
| 1996 | 92.5 | 941 |
| 1997 | 94.0 | 956 |
| 1998 | 94.6 | 962 |
| 1999 | 94.7 | 963 |
| 2000 | 97.6 | 993 |
| 2001 | 97.5 | 992 |
| 2002 | 96.7 | 983 |
| 2003 | 96.0 | 976 |
| 2004 | 96.2 | 978 |
| 2005 | 97.1 | 988 |
| 2006 | 98.0 | 997 |
| 2007 | 98.3 | 1,000 |
| 2008 | 97.9 | 996 |
| 2009 | 98.1 | 998 |
| 2010 | 95.8 | 974 |
| 2011 | 93.3 | 949 |
| 2012 | 93.1 | 947 |
| 2013 | 93.5 | 951 |
| 2014 | 97.6 | 993 |
| 2015 | 100.0 | 1,017 |
Source is Statistics Bureau. 消費者物価指数 (CPI) 結果
www.stat.go.jp/data/cpi/historic.htm
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Csvdl.do?sinfid=000011288551
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Distribution of 5 Year-old Girls Height in Japan, 2015
In every April, students are measured their heights and weights at school. The government collects those data and publishes them each year. Here are the 2015 data on the distribution of 5 year-old girls height. The biggest cluster is 110cm/3'7" (9.04%).
Figure: Distribution of 5 Year-old Girls Height in Japan, 2015
| cm | feet | % |
| 90 | 2'11" | 0.01 |
| 91 | 2'12" | 0.01 |
| 92 | 3'0" | 0.01 |
| 93 | 3'1" | 0.01 |
| 94 | 3'1" | 0.03 |
| 95 | 3'1" | 0.05 |
| 96 | 3'2" | 0.14 |
| 97 | 3'2" | 0.25 |
| 98 | 3'2" | 0.34 |
| 99 | 3'3" | 0.62 |
| 100 | 3'3" | 1.02 |
| 101 | 3'4" | 1.52 |
| 102 | 3'4" | 2.53 |
| 103 | 3'4" | 3.56 |
| 104 | 3'5" | 4.45 |
| 105 | 3'5" | 5.69 |
| 106 | 3'6" | 6.44 |
| 107 | 3'6" | 7.92 |
| 108 | 3'6" | 8.27 |
| 109 | 3'7" | 8.33 |
| 110 | 3'7" | 9.04 |
| 111 | 3'8" | 7.46 |
| 112 | 3'8" | 7.17 |
| 113 | 3'8" | 6.35 |
| 114 | 3'9" | 5.10 |
| 115 | 3'9" | 3.87 |
| 116 | 3'10" | 3.46 |
| 117 | 3'10" | 2.14 |
| 118 | 3'10" | 1.45 |
| 119 | 3'11" | 0.91 |
| 120 | 3'11" | 0.86 |
| 121 | 4'0" | 0.47 |
| 122 | 4'0" | 0.21 |
| 123 | 4'0" | 0.16 |
| 124 | 4'1" | 0.06 |
| 125 | 4'1" | 0.06 |
| 126 | 4'2" | 0.02 |
| 127 | 4'2" | 0.02 |
| 128 | 4'2" | 0.01 |
| 129 | 4'3" | 0 |
| 130 | 4'3" | 0 |
| 131 | 4'3" | 0 |
| 132 | 4'4" | 0 |
| 133 | 4'4" | 0 |
Source is Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/toukei/chousa05/hoken/kekka/k_detail/1365985.htm
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Xlsdl.do?sinfid=000031399258
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