Japanese government reports the Consumer Price Index monthly. Many kinds of fish are sold in the market and those fish are main items of the Consumer Price Index. The government researches the price of tuna every month. The following data …

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications checks goods prices in the market every month, and calculates the Consumer Price Indexes. The data below shows the changes in the price indexes of wheat flour between 1970 and 2014. Last year…

My daughter goes to a high school. There is a career guidance room in the school where teachers support students' career choices. At the room, students can take guidebooks of colleges and universities with free of charge. Those are kind of…

My daughter bought an umbrella. The price was 1080 yen ($8.57 €7.77). Her umbrellas are often broken, a rib was bent sometimes. Her semester test is coming soon. But she does not study at all. It is my family's biggest problem.

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications researches goods prices every month. They calculate the Consumer Price Index based on the research result. The ministry has checked the price of 1kg dried spaghetti since 1985 in the survey. …

Japanese government checks the price of a pack of instant ramen every month, and has been calculated its price indexes since 1970. (5 packs set of instant ramen) The data below show the changes in the price indexes of instant ramen (77g pa…

Udon is thick wheat flour noodle. Japanese government reports the Consumer Price Index every month. In the report, the government publishes the price of dried udon every month. The following data show the changes in udon prices in Japan be…

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reports the Consumer Price Index every month. The ministry researches the prices of 580 kinds of goods in the survey. The following data show the changes in the price indexes of bread (sandwi…

Japanese government researches the prices of goods in the market every month. In order to calculate the Consumer Price Index, the government computes the price indexes of goods. The following shows the changes in the price indexes of rice …

My son is going to attend a cram school summer session this summer break. The session consists of 12 math classes and 6 English classes. I paid 64,476 yen ($511.71 €463.86) for it. Unfortunately, my son does not like to go to the cram scho…

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare gathers data of children's measurements every 10 years. The latest survey was conducted in 2010. The data below presents weights of 0-6 years old girls in Japan. 50 percentile means the median value. …

A girl's magazine CanCam conducted a survey about their readers' measurements. The main target readers of the magazine are women in early 20s. The number of sample is 1000. They are readers of the magazine. The following data show the aver…

Japanese government conducts a survey of the physical development of infants every 10 years to clear description of the physical development value and growth curve. The latest survey was conducted in 2010. The following data show the lates…

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare researches babies and kids' measurements every 10 years. Last time the survey was conducted in 2010. The table below shows the height data for girls. 50 percentile means the median value. You can see …

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare conducts a survey about the health condition of infants and preschoolers (0 to 6 year-old) every 10 years. The latest survey was conducted in 2010. The following shows height data of boys. 50 percenti…

My daughter bought a ribbon for her school uniform at clothes store. The price was 2052 yen ($16.29 €14.76). (イーストボーイ) EASTBOY リボン〈レジメ柄〉ネイビー メディア: ウェア&シューズ この商品を含むブログを見る My son will have the scho…

My family used to use a baby stroller/pushchair. Now my two kids already turned to teenagers. The stroller/pushchair is no more necessary. I asked the local government to pick up the stroller/pushchair as a bulky trash. Its disposal charge…

My daughter joined a senior high school this year. The school starts in April, and new students went to a 3-day study camp in remote area in April. The students stayed in a hotel and study together. I paid 32,000 yen ($253.97 €230.22) for …

Aichi prefectural government reported the changes in the official land prices between 1975 and 2014. The following data show the changes in the average official land prices of Aichi (Nagoya city), 1975-2014. Unit is yen per square meter. T…

My daughter bought a sunscreen spray for 670 yen ($5.32 €4.82).Her school sports day was held in June. She used the spray to prevent sunburn. My wife went to the school sports day to see my daughter. I did not go the sports day, because it…

National Tax Agency reports the result of the Statistical Survey of Actual status for Salary in the Private Sector every year. Private sector means that it does not include public servants salaries, and it does not include self employed pe…

Last week Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reported the 2014 birth rate. According to it, the nation-wide total fertility rate (birth rate) was 1.42. It dropped 0.1 point from 2013. The total fertility rate of a population is the ave…

Gamba Osaka is a professional football club based in Osaka. The payroll of Gamba Osaka is the highest in the league. They won the league title last year, 2014. The following table shows annual salaries of Gamba Osaka players in 2015. Yasuh…

On one day after Mother's day, I bought a carnation pot for 540 yen ($4.29 €3.88). It was a discount price. I do not know the original price. It was only one remaining in the store. Only one pink color pot was avilable at the store.

Urawa Red Diamonds are professional football club based in Saitama city. Red Diamonds are one of the most popular club in J.League. Each year, their annual audience size is largest in the league since 2006. The following table shows annual…

Yomiuri Giants are a professional baseball team based in Tokyo. Giants are rich, and their team payroll is the second highest in NPB. The highest is SoftBank Hawks. The table below shows annual salaries of Yomiuri Giants players in 2015. N…

Hanshin Tigers are professional baseball team based in Osaka and Kobe area. The following table shows annual salaries of Hanshin Tigers players in 2015. No. Player Pos. Age From Salary (10000 yen) $ Euro 9 Murton, Matt OF 33 US 45,600 3,80…

Except Hokkaido (northern part of Japan), we have rainy season before summer. Japan Meteorological Agency announces the start date and the end date of the rainy season every year, and also calculates the average start date and the average …

Vissel Kobe is a professional football club based in Kobe city. The following list shows annual salaries of Vissel Kobe players in 2015. No. Player Age Pos. Salary (yen) $ Euro UK ￡ 7 Pedro Junior 28 FW 120,000,000 1,001,280 936,480 661,8…

Nagoya Grampus Eight are professional football club based in Nagoya city. The table below shows annual salaries of Nagoya Grampus Eight players in 2015. The club captain Marcus Tulio Tanaka takes the highest salary this year. No. Player Ag…