How Much Does It Cost to Prepare a College Life?
In Japan, you need approximately 1.7-1.9 million yen to prepare a college life. The cost includes examination fees (usually students take two or more university entrance exams), tuition, expense for the enrollment ceremony, textbooks, and housing cost. The following is the breakdown of it.
Table 1: Cost for preparing a college life (unit: Japanese Yen)
| National Univ. | Private Univ. | |
| Item | Unit: Yen | Unit: Yen |
| Examination fee | 181,200 | 188,600 |
| Tuition | 648,500 | 957,800 |
| Enrollment ceremony | 25,300 | 18,900 |
| Textbooks | 197,100 | 152,800 |
| Housing | 187,700 | 214,700 |
| Houseware | 233,800 | 196,000 |
| Others | 221,800 | 160,200 |
| Total | 1,695,400 | 1,889,000 |
Table 2: Cost for preparing a college life (unit: Dollar, Euro)
| National Univ. | Private Univ. | National Univ. | Private Univ. | |
| Item | Unit: Dollar | Unit: Dollar | Unit: Euro | Unit: Euro |
| Examination fee | 1,707 | 1,777 | 1,377 | 1,433 |
| Tuition | 6,110 | 9,024 | 4,927 | 7,276 |
| Enrollment ceremony | 238 | 178 | 192 | 144 |
| Textbooks | 1,857 | 1,440 | 1,497 | 1,161 |
| Housing | 1,769 | 2,023 | 1,426 | 1,631 |
| Houseware | 2,203 | 1,847 | 1,776 | 1,489 |
| Others | 2,090 | 1,509 | 1,685 | 1,217 |
| Total | 15,974 | 17,798 | 12,880 | 14,351 |
Source is Asahi Shimbun newspaper, article on Jan 29, 2018.
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Average Weight of Japanese, 2016
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology released 2016 data of the average weight of Japanese people. The following table shows it.
Table 1: Average Weight of Japanese Men, 2016
| Age | Number of Samples | Average (kg) | Average (lb) | Average (Stone) |
| 20-24 | 1300 | 65.69 | 145 | 10.3 |
| 25-29 | 1326 | 66.82 | 147 | 10.5 |
| 30-34 | 1340 | 67.76 | 149 | 10.7 |
| 35-39 | 1480 | 68.60 | 151 | 10.8 |
| 40-44 | 1623 | 69.21 | 153 | 10.9 |
| 45-49 | 1354 | 69.04 | 152 | 10.9 |
| 50-54 | 1207 | 68.61 | 151 | 10.8 |
| 55-59 | 1181 | 68.07 | 150 | 10.7 |
| 60-64 | 1250 | 66.06 | 146 | 10.4 |
| 65-69 | 896 | 63.59 | 140 | 10.0 |
| 70-74 | 894 | 62.07 | 137 | 9.8 |
| 75-79 | 871 | 61.01 | 135 | 9.6 |
Table 2: Average Weight of Japanese Women, 2016
| Age | Number of Samples | Average (kg) | Average (lb) | Average (Stone) |
| 20-24 | 938 | 50.78 | 112 | 8.0 |
| 25-29 | 997 | 50.71 | 112 | 8.0 |
| 30-34 | 1057 | 51.65 | 114 | 8.1 |
| 35-39 | 1305 | 51.83 | 114 | 8.2 |
| 40-44 | 1468 | 52.18 | 115 | 8.2 |
| 45-49 | 1257 | 53.32 | 118 | 8.4 |
| 50-54 | 1150 | 53.19 | 117 | 8.4 |
| 55-59 | 1155 | 53.13 | 117 | 8.4 |
| 60-64 | 1337 | 52.65 | 116 | 8.3 |
| 65-69 | 869 | 52.20 | 115 | 8.2 |
| 70-74 | 849 | 51.32 | 113 | 8.1 |
| 75-79 | 825 | 50.31 | 111 | 7.9 |
Figure 1: Average Weight of Japanese Men by age, 2016 (unit: kg)
Figure 2: Average Weight of Japanese Men by age, 2016 (unit: pound)
Figure 3: Average Weight of Japanese Men by age, 2016 (unit: stone)
Figure 4: Average Weight of Japanese Women by age, 2016 (unit: kg)
Figure 5: Average Weight of Japanese Women by age, 2016 (unit: pound)
Figure 6: Average Weight of Japanese Women by age, 2016 (unit: stone)
Source is Japan Sports Agency. 体力・運動能力調査
www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?page=1&layout=datalist&tstat=000001088875&cycle=0&tclass1=000001107355&second2=1
www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000031632195&fileKind=0
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Average Height of Japanese, 2016
Every year Japan Sports Agency gathers the data of people's body measurements. The following shows the average height of Japanese poeple, 2016 version.
2018 version is http://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/Average_Height_of_Japanese_2018
Table : Average Height of Japanese people, 2016
| Men | ||||
| Age | Number of Samples | Average (cm) | Average (ft) | SD |
| 20-24 | 1313 | 171.88 | 5'8" | 5.56 |
| 25-29 | 1347 | 171.85 | 5'8" | 5.75 |
| 30-34 | 1355 | 171.98 | 5'8" | 5.66 |
| 35-39 | 1501 | 171.97 | 5'8" | 5.69 |
| 40-44 | 1637 | 171.53 | 5'8" | 5.52 |
| 45-49 | 1386 | 171.50 | 5'8" | 5.51 |
| 50-54 | 1216 | 170.81 | 5'7" | 5.66 |
| 55-59 | 1193 | 169.67 | 5'7" | 5.40 |
| 60-64 | 1257 | 168.11 | 5'6" | 5.35 |
| 65-69 | 901 | 166.07 | 5'5" | 5.36 |
| 70-74 | 898 | 164.35 | 5'5" | 5.85 |
| 75-79 | 875 | 162.99 | 5'4" | 5.58 |
| Women | ||||
| Age | Number of Samples | Average (cm) | Average (ft) | SD |
| 20-24 | 1033 | 158.17 | 5'2" | 5.03 |
| 25-29 | 1085 | 158.56 | 5'2" | 5.39 |
| 30-34 | 1169 | 158.68 | 5'2" | 5.12 |
| 35-39 | 1445 | 158.88 | 5'3" | 5.21 |
| 40-44 | 1596 | 158.72 | 5'2" | 5.27 |
| 45-49 | 1344 | 158.31 | 5'2" | 5.15 |
| 50-54 | 1204 | 157.79 | 5'2" | 4.97 |
| 55-59 | 1185 | 156.77 | 5'2" | 5.13 |
| 60-64 | 1349 | 155.23 | 5'1" | 4.96 |
| 65-69 | 879 | 153.49 | 5' | 5.02 |
| 70-74 | 843 | 151.81 | 5' | 5.10 |
| 75-79 | 824 | 150.62 | 4'11" | 5.16 |
Figure 1: Average Height of Japanese men by age, 2016
Figure 2: Average Height of Japanese women by age, 2016
Source is Japan Sports Agency. 体力・運動能力調査
www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?page=1&layout=datalist&tstat=000001088875&cycle=0&tclass1=000001107355&second2=1
www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000031632195&fileKind=0
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