Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare released the basic demographic data of 2019 on Dec 24. The following shows it. The data of 2019 are the estimated figures. Year Births Deaths Natural increases Stillbirths Marriages Divorces 1947 2,678…

In December, National Cancer Center reported the cancer 5-year survaival rates. The following data show the 5-year survaival rates for cancers by age/stage. The research period is 5 years from 2010/2011. Table: Cancer 5-Year Survival Rates…

Last week I reported the top 10 causes of deaths in Japan in 2018, this time I report the top 10 causes of deaths in Japan by gender. Table 1: Men's Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan, 2018 Rank Cause Cause Number of deaths 1 悪性新生物 Malig…

On November 28th, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reported the number of demographic data in 2018. According to it, top 10 causes of death in 2018 are the below. Senility moved up to the 3rd place from 4th. Suicide moved down to the…

A market research company Oricon published the top 10 ranking of best-selling manga in 2019 (survey period: from 2018 Nov. 19 to 2019 Nov. 17). Surprisingly "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" series which were not listed in the 2018 ranking …