Entries from 2015-02-01 to 1 month
Japan Pet Food Association conducted a survey of pet dogs. According to it, the most common dog breed was Dachshund. Among total 1274 dogs kept as pets, 14.5% of them are Dachshund dogs. 20% of them are hybrid (mongrel). Figure : Percentag…
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology reported about fatal accidents in schools. According to Asahi Shimbun newspaper, the government summarized 337 fatal accidents which were reported from 2005-2013. Sudden death …
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications conducts surveys about monthly house rent every 5 years. According to its 2008 survey, the average of house rent was most expensive in Tokyo. Its average rent was 3216 yen per 1m2 ($26, €23).…
The ratio of women in local assemblies is low in Japan. In Tokyo 23 wards, 26.2% of assembly members are women, but in the countryside, women members are very few. Figure : The percentages of women in local assemblies in Japan. Red prefect…
Elderly care is one of the important issues in Japan. Our society needs many workers for elderly care, but their salaries are not high. Care Work Foundation conducted a survey of workers' salaries in care service business. According to it,…
In Tokyo, many non-critical condition patients call ambulances. The numbers of those calls are increasing every year. And the numbers of ambulance services are also increasing. Finally ambulance response time from a call to arrival is gett…
In Japan, winter is the season of fire disasters. According to Tokyo Fire Department, they counted 748 fires caused by heaters during 2009-2013 in Tokyo, and electric heaters were most dangerous heaters to cause fires. The following shows …
My family ate an ice cream cake on my daughter's birthday. It cost 2900 yen ($24.37 €21.48). The cake was decorated with "Olaf" of "Frozen". And it was made with ice cream. My wife bought it at a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop. Baskin-Robbi…
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology researched students' sitting heights in 2013. The following shows the average of sitting heights in Japanese students. Figure : Average Sitting Height of Students in Japan Boy …
An NPO "Furusato kaiki shien center (Support center of moving to rural regions)" researched their customers' impression of their destinations. The center asked their customers where they would like to move to, if they start their rural liv…
According to Japan census, the ratio of men to women is decreasing year by year. The gender ratio (sex ratio) was "95.9 men per 100.0 women" in 2000. However the ratio of men dropped to "95.0 men per 100.0 women" in 2012. In Japan, the pro…
2016 March 1st update: applied the latest 2015 census Currently the population of Japan is decreasing. However, until the beginning of 21 century, the population was increasing. The below shows the changes in Japan's population from 1920 t…
The wind velocity was very fast in Tokyo yesterday. It is common for Japanese people to dry laundries outside. Yesterday my laundries were blew off from the laundry pole. Japan Meteorological Agency has been recording the data of maximum i…
In Japan 27.7% of senior high school girl students have steady boyfriend(s), according to Yomiuri Chukosei Shimbun newspaper. Figure : Percentage of Teenagers Who Have Steady Boyfriend/Girlfriend Table : Percentage of Teenagers Who Have St…
According to Yomiuri Chukosei Shimbun newspaper, more than half of senior high school students have experiences of dating with boyfriends/girlfriends, in Japan. This survey was conducted in 2011. Figure : Percentage of teenagers who have e…
My daughter goes to a cram school by February 18. That day is the final day of her cram school. She has been attending the cram school for 3 years. After that, she will take the entrance examination of a Tokyo metropolitan senior high scho…
According to a survey conducted by Japan Family Planning Association, a certain number of Japanese people do not have interests in sexual activities. Table 1 : Percentage of men who do not have interests on sexual activities by age, 2008-2…
My daughter passed the entrance examination of a private senior high school. The school sent us the information of the enrollment fee. It will cost 355,000 yen ($3,034.19 €2,689.39). It includes the proper enrollment fee 250,000 yen, and o…
Japan Family Planning Association researches the reason of sexless among sexless married couples in Japan. According to it, the biggest reason is "tired at work". The breakdown of the reason is below. Figure : Reason of Sexless among Sexle…
Every two years Japan Family Planning Association conducts surveys about people's sexuality in Japan. According to it, 41.3% of married couples have not had sexual intimacy for more than a month (and probably not happen for a while in the …
In 2013, 6,489 billion pieces of disposable adult diapers were produced in Japan. As the society is aging, the production of adult diapers are increasing. Some day its amount will exceed the number of baby diapers. Figure : Changes in Disp…
According to Japan Hygiene Products Industry Association, 10.72 billion of disposable baby diapers were produced in 2013. Here are the changes in baby diaper production from 2007 to 2013. Figure : Disposable baby diaper production 2007-201…
As of 2014 June, 2,086,603 of foreign residents live in Japan. More than half of them are Chinese and Korean. Figure : Population of Foreign Residents in Japan by Nationality Nationality Population Total number 2,086,603 China 648,734 Kore…
In Japan, a household that has a TV has to pay TV reception fees to NHK (Japan's national public broadcasting organization). It costs 1,260 yen ($10.68 €9.32) per month. As of 2013, 4.628 million households have TV sets, and 74.8% of them …
Nikkei press estimated 2013 instant ramen market share in Japan. According to it, 2013 sales were 5.4 billion packs of ramen. 2013 sales were almost same as the sales of 2012. The top supplier was Nissin Food Products who sells Cup Noodle …
2016 July updated. Here is the list of Japanese persons who were killed by Islamic terrorists. 2003 November 29. near Tikrit, Iraq Two diplomats, counselor Mr. Katsuhiko Oku (45 years old) and third secretary Mr. Masamori Inoue (30) were k…
I bought a box of rubber bands for 108 yen ($0.92 €0.82) at a 100 yen shop. I also bought ear muffs for 108 yen ($0.92 €0.82). Other shopping was for pants, socks and shoes. The pants cost 1620 yen ($13.85 €12.27). I paid 313 yen ($2.68 €2…