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Entries from 2019-12-01 to 1 month

Number of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces in Japan, 2019

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…

Cancer 5-Year Survival Rates by Age in Japan, 2019

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…

Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan by Gender, 2018

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…

Top 10 Causes of Death in Japan, 2018

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…

Top 10 Best Selling Manga in Japan, 2019

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 …

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