Entries from 2014-08-01 to 1 month
In terms of cell phones and smartphones, Apple was the top supplier in Japan in 2013. Apple was also the number one supplier of tablet PC in Japan. The tablet PC market share of Apple was 43.8% in 2013. Tablet PC top 5 suppliers were Apple…
Yesterday I posted "Cellphone Market Share in Japan 2013." Today I would like to introduce "Personal Computer Market Share in Japan 2013." It is also an information from Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun newspaper. The number of total shipments was 15…
On July 28th Japanese newspaper Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun reported the 2013's market share of cellphone in Japan. The total volume of shipments was 39.41 million phones in 2013. This data includes both of smartphones and conventional cell phon…
Chicken eggs are basic protein sources for Japanese people. An average Japanese eats 16.7 kg (36.8 pounds) of eggs a year. From 1960 to 1970, egg consumption rapidly increased. Since then, increasing pace has been moderate. At 1991, egg co…
The figure below shows the changes in the average weight of newborn babies from 1955 to 2012. These days, doctors recommend pregnant women not to gain weight much. This advice makes baby weight lighter. It is commonly said "have a small ba…
The population of Japan in 2013 was 61,909,000 men and 65,388,000 women. The population of women is larger than men's, and the gender ratio (sex ratio) was 94.7. It means men : women = 94.7 : 100The figure below shows gender ratios by pref…
Japanese people eat 11.8 kg of pork meat a year on average. In 1960, pork consumption per capita was only 1.1 kg. Pork consumption was increasing from 1960 to 2005 (12 kg in 2005). But these days the trend of pork consumption is flat. Pork…
My wife visited her father today. She bought popular fruit jellies at her home town. The price of one jelly is 520 yen ($5.10 €3.80). This fruit jelly was introduced by TV shows many times and became popular in the country. There are sever…
My daughter wants to go to senior high school. Its entrance examination will held next February. To prepare for the examination, my daughter will take several mock examinations (simulation tests) from September to January. The fee of the m…
Muslim population in Japan is approximately 100,000. There are no official statistic data of Muslim population in Japan. Professor Tanada at Waseda university researched Muslim population in Japan as of 2011. He estimated that approximatel…
In 2014, the college-going rate is 53.8% in Japan, according to a survey by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. A breakdown by prefecture revealed that Tokyo has the highest rate 66.1%, followed by Kyoto 65.6% and Kanagawa 61%. Only th…
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare conducts a survey of the nation's health every year. The ministry gathers the data of people's waists in the survey. The ministry defined that "over 85 cm (33 in) waist for men" and "over 90 cm (35 in…
In most of high schools, students learn English. Besides English, some high schools offer other language classes such as Chinese lesson or French lesson. According to a survey by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technolo…
The figure below shows the average height of 17 years-old boys by prefecture in Japan. It is the data of the 2013 version. In the figure below, blue means prefectures which have higher average numbers, red means prefectures which have shor…
My daughter went to Yomiuriland with her classmates. Yomiuriland is an amusement park which has attractions and the pool. The pool is open in summer season. The admission fee which includes pool admission for adults is 4700 yen ($46.08 €34…
I bought a kitchen timer for 650 yen ($6.37 €4.74) at a supermarket Life.My son loves to do TV games on his tablet PC. He always plays them endlessly. So we set the time limit of playing TV games. He cannot play the game beyond two hours a…
Until 1960, many people died by floods in Japan. The table below shows 7 worst flood disaster after Word War II. Flood name or cause Flood name or cause Number of Deaths Number of Missings Year from MM/DD to MM/DD 1 Isewan typhoon 伊勢湾台…
My wife bought a tennis cap for my son. It cost 2500 yen ($24.51 €18.25). Next week Tokyo Junior High School Tennis Tournament will held. My wife will escort two students to the venue instead of the club coach. Because there are 6 venues f…
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research in Japan (IPSS) has released a national population projection, based on the latest results of the Population Census of Japan and the Vital Statistics of Japan. According to it, …
I bought a grape flavor toothpaste for my son at Seiyu. Its price is 162 yen ($1.59 €1.18) for 70 gram. Kids Socks = 257 yen ($2.52 €1.88) I also bought a set of my son's socks for 257 yen ($2.52 €1.88) at Seiyu with a discount price. The …
In Japan, deers, boars, monkeys, and crows are the major wildlife which cause damage to agricultural crops. According to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, farmers lost 23 billion yen (approximately $225 million, €168 million…
My son entered a cram school this month. Its enrollment fee was 22,000 yen ($215.69 €160.58). At the first time lesson, my son skipped the lesson. He escaped to another place, because he did not want to go the cram school. The principal of…
The Japanese government has statistics of people's houses. According to its 2014 statistics, 70% of Tokyo residents live in flats or apartment houses (not stand-alone house, not detached house). The figure below shows the ratio of flats/ap…
The government researches the gasoline price every month. The following figure shows the changes in the gasoline price from 1966 to 2014 July. Figure : Gasoline price of one litre in every July from 1966 to 2014 (unit : yen) The 1973 oil c…
Social Good Marketing which is an agency of supporting people's career switch, led a survey about the average number of job changings in Japan. According to the survey, the average number of job changes are 2.2 times. The survey was conduc…
46,146 persons work for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police as of 2013 Dec 31. It consists of 43,305 police officers and 2841 other staffs. Tokyo Metropolitan Police releases the number of officers by rank. Police officer ranks are like the tabl…
Every moring, a large number of employees (including myself) come from various places to Tokyo where their offices are located. A real-estate company Athome Inc. conducted a survey about workers' commuting time. The target person of the su…
An IT company "名字由来 (Myoji yurai) net" researches Japanese surnames, and released their research about surnames in Tokyo. According to it, the most common surname in Tokyo is 鈴木 (Suzuki). Some of you might know a New York Yankees bas…
I had my family reunion today and we ordered a delivery pizza. A large size pizza with chicken cost 3456 yen ($33.88 €25.23). We also ordered a crab pizza of midium size. It cost 2230 yen. Photo : Pizza with chicken There was a stray cat i…
My son joined in a cram school today. That school is different from the school, which my daughter goes to. My son took zero score in an English listening test in his junior high school. So I decided to make him go to a cram school to learn…