In 2013, travel agencies in Japan handled the total amount 2.27 trillion yen of overseas trips, according to Nikkei press. JTB (formerly known as Japan Tourist Bureau) had the biggest market share (25.2%). A new comer H.I.S., founded in 19…

This week, I broke my glasses when I was polishing the lens. Today I bought new glasses. My lens data is stored in a shop computer. So the shop can make my glasses quickly. I can get it on next Monday (2 days later from today).The image is…

Nikkei press summarized the 2013 printing paper market share in Japan. According to it, 8.57 million tons of printing papers were produced in 2013. 2013 volume increased by 1.9% from 2012. The top supplier was Nippon Paper (29.8%). The his…

Some people say, Japan has been founding new universities/colleges year by year in order to create new jobs for postdoctoral persons. According to a survey conducted by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the nu…

Along with the increasing of universities/colleges, the number of university/college students is also increasing. According to a survey conducted by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2.855 million students are…

According to a survey by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, there are 781 universities/colleges in Japan. Of which 86 are run by Japanese government. 92 are managed by prefectures or cities. Private sectors ope…

In Japan in 2012, 15.2% of Japanese men had diabetes, 8.7% of Japanese women had diabetes, according to a survey conducted by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Figure : Ratio of Diabetes Patients by Age in Japan, 2012 Male Female Age…

I have high blood pressure. My mother has also. According to a survey conducted by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 35.7% of men have high blood pressure in Japan in 2012. For women, 25.5% have high blood pressure. The following dat…

My daughter bought her socks for 800 yen ($6.84 €5.52). A sock with L letter is for left foot, an R is for right foot. She is very lazy, on weekends she always sleeps in till noon. Boy's Jacket = 1,513 yen ($12.93 €10.43) I bought my son's…

Nikkei press estimated the 2013 market share of industrial robot in Japan. The 2013 total sales of industrial robots were 150 billion yen. It decreased by 15.8% from 2012. The following figure shows 2013 market share of industrial robots i…

Nikkei press estimated the 2013 market share of cold medicine sold at pharmacy stores in Japan. According to it, the 2013 total sales were 93.7 billion yen. It increased by 0.5% from 2012. Taisho Pharmaceutical was the largest supplier. Th…

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications releases the statistics of the monthly salary of local government officials every 5 years. According to the 2013 report, the average salary was 416,764 yen ($3,624; EUR 2,874). The following …

Last year (2013), 24 people were killed by hornets/wasps/bees, according to the statistics of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. 10 people of them were age 45-64, 14 people of them were over 65. The following table shows the number of…

According to a site for book stores "Nihon Chosha Hansoku Center (Japan Book Promotion Center)", the total sales of books were 1.9 trillion yen in 2011 in Japan. Annual purchases of books per capita were 15,179 yen ($131.99 €104.68). The f…

Nikkei press summarized the 2013 beer market share in Japan. The data include low-malt alcohol and beer-like beverage (third category beer) in addition to normal beer. The total sales of beer 2013 were 433.57 million cases (one case equals…

Last Tuesday my son and I took our hamster to the veterinary clinic again. The veterinarian checked the hamster's condition. Unfortunately the hamster has not got well. The veterinarian told us to keep dosing to the hamster, and come to th…

Nikkei newspaper estimated the 2013 soft drink (non-alcoholic beverage) market share in Japan. According to it, the 2013 total sales were 1.8 billion cases. It increased by 3% from 2012. Coca-Cola group was the biggest supplier. Coca-Cola …

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism reported that total 92.64 million passengers took air flights in 2013. Nikkei press estimated the 2013 domestic flight passengers' market share in Japan. According to it, All Nippon A…

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology researches the college-going rate (percentage of students who go on to universities/colleges) every year. According to it, the college-going rate for 4 year-universities/colleg…

Nikkei press estimated the 2013 market share of electronic money card in terms of the transaction number. The total number of transactions was 3.57 billion in 2013 financial year.Nanaco card run by 7-eleven and Ito-Yokado was the top. 2nd …

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology researched about allergy disease that students have. The research was conducted in 2007 in Japan. The following figure shows the percentage of the students who have allergies. …

Nikkei press estimated the 2013 tire market share in Japan. The top supplier Bridgestone occupied 46.1% share in 2013. Practically speaking, the Japanese market is occupied by only four manufacturers (Bridgestone, Sumitomo Rubber, Yokohama…

My family's hamster got a skin disease. My wife and my son took the hamster to an animal doctor on last Tuesday. The veterinary told them probably the hamster had got allergy of pine wood chips which we used as the floor cover of the cage.…

Nikkei press reported the detergent market share in Japan. According to the research, big 3 trios (Kao, Lion, P&G) oligopolies the detergent market in Japan. The market share of those three was 94.3% in 2013.The total sales in 2013 were 19…

According to Nikkei press, the 2013 total sales amount of toothpaste was 106 billion yen. The 2013 sales increased by 2.8% from 2012. Nikkei reported that expensive toothpaste (more than 500 yen ($5)) which prevents periodontal diseases wa…

Nikkei press estimated the 2013 advertisement agency market share in Japan. The king of ad agency, Dentsu is always at the top of the market share. The long time rival Hakuhodo chases Dentsu. The total sales of 2013 were 5.9 trillion yen. …

Nikkei press estimated the 2013 hair shampoo and rinse (conditioner) market share in Japan. According to it, the 2013 total sales were 206.7 billion yen. The 2013 sales decreased by 0.9% from 2012. The biggest supplier was Kao 24.1%, follo…

I renewed my annual membership of a rental DVD shop today. It cost 216 yen ($1.91 €1.52). When I made a next year's contract, I can rent one disk without charge. I rented a movie "Elysium". The following disk is Elysium.

I bought a floor pillow (cushion) for 1598 yen ($14.27 €11.41) at Seiyu. My son and my wife got an argument and my son broke a glass cup. Broken pieces of the glass scattered on a cushion. My wife throw out that cushion. So I bought a repl…

Nikkei newspaper estimated the 2013 wind-driven generator market share in Japan. This market share is actually for new installment generators. It does not include existing generators. According to it, Mitsubishi was the biggest supplier an…