Keeping gun is illegal in Japan. If you had a gun, you would be arrested and the police would seize your gun. Last year (2012) Japanese police seized 309 real guns. Here are the statistics of what gun was seized from 2008 to 2012. 2008 200…

There are 4,428 elementary school students who are absent from school for a long time in Tokyo, in 2012. There are various reasons to keep kids away from school. Students who refuse to go to school have problems in the relationship between…

Last March (2013), 101,970 students graduated from senior high schools in Tokyo. 65% of them entered into colleges/universities. 20,000 enrolled in other type of schools, such as a vocational school. 7,000 took a job. 8,000 had not determi…

Last year (2012) approximately 100,000 students graduated from junior high schools. In Japan kids have to take compulsory education until junior high school graduation. After that, most of the kids go to senior high school. Very few start …

As you know there are many divorce arbitrations at court. In some arbitrations (including court judgements), property division between partners are settled. The following data shows amount of property division money by amount range. It mea…

Japanese court received 67,892 claims for divorces in 2012. 49,156 were claimed by wives, and 18,736 were claimed by husbands. The following statistics show the portion of claims for divorces by motive. Cases filed by wives Reason Reason %…

Here is the ranking of Faculty of Engineering by difficulty of passing the entrance examination. Rank University University Deviation score 1 東京大学 University of Tokyo 70-72 2 京都大学 Kyoto University 67-69 3 東京工業大学 Tokyo Institu…

The list shows notable earthquakes in October of 2013 around Japan. At the earthquake on Oct 26th, tsunami was observed in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. One person was injured by that earthquake. Date Earthquake center Earthquak…

There were 28 illegal gun firings in Japan in 2012. Four persons died, 12 were wounded. Pistols were used in 27 cases, a hunting rifle was used in one case. Number of shooting incidents Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 201…

Many pet owners abandon their dogs and cats. In those cases, they bring pets to animal care centers which are maintained by local governments. The animal care center is also the place where stray dogs/cats are carried in. Stray dogs/cats o…

In 2012, 13,466 persons were arrested by drug crimes. Some criminals were arrested twice or more, so the total number of cases is 19,116. Here is the detail of it. Type of crime Number Stimulant drug Arrested case 16,362 Arrested person 11…

There are 5546 registered private investigators in Japan. Private eyes have to register themselves at the local police. Registration cost is 3600 yen. Providing service without registration is illegal. Three persons were arrested by the un…

The following list shows the number of people who moved into Tokyo from other prefectures in 2012. Its pattern is almost same as the pattern of moving-out from Tokyo. Prefecture Number Kanagawa 78,674 Saitama 57,590 Chiba 50,189 Osaka 20,1…

Last year (2012), 343,777 of Tokyo residents moved to other prefectures. Here is the ranking of their destinations. Top 3, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba are surrounding prefectures of Tokyo. Osaka (4th) is the center of another metropolitan are…

The following list shows foreign population by nationality in Gunma Prefecture. Gunma is known as the prefecture where many Brazilian are staying. There are some automotive factories in Gunma. Brazilians are working at there. Nationality N…

As of 2012 December, Chinese is the biggest group of foreign residents in Kanagawa prefecture. The notable cities in Kanagawa are Yokohama, Kawasaki, Sagamihara, Yokosuka and Kamakura. It is interesting that portion of Chinese and Korean a…

In Tokyo, 390,000 foreign people are staying as of 2013 October. The following list shows foreign resident population by their nationalities. Nationality Population Chinese 160,572 Korean 97,015 Philippines 28,048 American 15,685 Indian 10…

The following list shows the first date of "frost, snow, freezing" and the last date of them in Tokyo. The date format is MM/DD. Last winter (2012-13) we had 5 snow falls. Usually we do not have snow covering here. Year First frost Last fr…

In 2011, 133 cases of food poisoning were reported in Tokyo. Here are the statistics of food poisoning by disease agent. It was summarized by Tokyo Metropolitan Government. 病因物質 Cause Number Number % % Cases Patients Cases Patients サ…

The following list shows the average height of Japanese women in 2012. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology conducted this survey. Age Number of samples Height (cm) ft, in 20-24 1095 158.60 5'2" 25-29 1163 158.74 …

National Police Agency published the statistics of cyber crimes in Japan which were reported in 2012. According to it, fraud was the most committed cyber crimes. Here are the statistics of Internet crimes. Type of crime Arrested cases 合計…

Ueno Zoo is the representative zoo of greater Tokyo area. Most of Tokyo residents know it and visit there once. In 2011 Ueno zoo feeds 461 species of animals, including the following. Mammals Species 130 Number 1,116 Birds Species 192 Numb…

I posted "What Color Bra Does Japanese Woman Have Most?" before. It is a Panty Girdle's version of it. In 2012, Triumph International asked to consumers "What color panty girdles do you have most?" If a woman has 10 pink girdles, 5 black g…

The following is the ranking of faculty of science in national universities by difficulty of passing the entrance examination. Faculty of science usually includes 4 main departments; Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geoscience. Rank Univers…

Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology researches people's body height every year. Here is the average height of Japanese men in 2012. Age Number of samples Height (cm) Feet, Inch Standard deviation 20-24 1…

An internet portal site of Japanese gravestone Hakaishi-navi (墓石ナビ) announced the ranking of popular colors for gravestone. Here is the ranking of them. No.1 Grayish Grayish is the standard color of gravestones. No.2 Whitish Whitish is…

According to National Police Agency, 782 persons died by water accidents in 2012. 406 died in seas, 238 died in rivers. Here is the list of locations where accidents happened. Location Number of deaths % 海 Sea 406 51.90% 河川 River 238 30…

81,111 cases of missing persons were reported to the police in 2012 in Japan. It included cases of running away from home. 79,730 persons were found in 2012. It included missing cases reported before 2011. The following is the list of reas…

Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology conducts a survey of people's physical attribute each year. The following shows the average weight of Japanese men in 2012. Age Number of samples Weights (kg) Pounds S…

Here is the ranking of faculty of medicine in national universities by difficulty of passing the entrance examination. This list does not mean the ranking of their outputs. University of Tokyo is always the best. Faculty of medicine is usu…