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…

Nikkei newspaper group estimated the 2013 market share of clothing store chains in Japan. The total sales of chains were 1.3 trillion yen, increasing by 7.8% from 2012. Uniqlo dominates the market, its market share was 51.5% in 2013. The a…

Last year's (2013) sales of department stores in Japan were 6.4 trillion yen. Nikkei newspaper estimated that Mitsukoshi-Isetan was the biggest chain, having 18.8% of the market share. Recently department stores often merged each other lik…

Nikkei newspaper group estimated the 2013 convenience store market share in Japan. According to it, 7-Eleven was the largest chain in Japan. 7-Eleven has 16,319 stores (as of 2014 Feb), followed by Lawson (11,606 stores, 2014/2), Familymar…

In Japan, there are electronics retail store chains like Best Buy. According to the Nikkei newspaper's research about electronics retail store market share, Yamada-Denki was the biggest chain. Its market share was 32.8%. Four chains in 2nd…

A drug store "MatsumotoKiyoshi" was the biggest chain in 2013, according to the research by Nikkei newspaper. Its market share was 8.2%, followed by Sundrug (7.5%), Tsuruha (6.5%), Cosmos (6.2%), and Sugi (6.1%). The total sales of 2013 we…

Nikkei newspaper estimated the 2013 market share of supermarket in Japan. According to it, Aeon was the biggest chain followed by Ito-yokado, Uny, Daiei and Life. The total sales of supermarkets were 19 trillion yen. The sales increased by…

There are many cheap restaurants which serve Gyudon (beef bowl) in Japan. Gyudon is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce (following image). Gyudon restaurants exist everyw…

Nikkei newspaper estimated the 2013 room air conditioner market share in Japan. According to it, Panasonic had the top market share (25.3%). Daikin was the second place. In terms of business use air conditioner, Daikin has the largest mark…

My daughter always listens to music by her iPod Touch. She has to study for the entrance exam, but she does not, and listens to music to escape from studying.Anyway, the 2013 Portable Music Player Market Share in Japan was reported by Nikk…

Nikkei newspaper estimated the market share of car navigation system (car GPS system). According to it, the total sales of car navigation system in 2013 were 2.117 million systems. The 2013 sales decreased by 4.7% from 2012. Panasonic was …

The Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association says that last year (2013), total 4.398 million refrigerators were sold in Japan. The sales in 2013 increased by 4.1% from 2012. According to Nikkei newspaper, the most popular refrigerator w…

The Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association reported that total 745,000 induction stoves were sold in 2013. According to Nikkei newspaper's research, Panasonic keeps ahead of the pack in the market (56.3%). Their induction stove works …

Nikkei newspaper estimated the 2013 washing machine market share in Japan. According to it, Hitachi Appliances had the biggest share (29.3%). 4.768 million washing machines were sold in 2013. The total sales decreased by 1.2% from 2012. Fi…

Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun newspaper reported 2013 memory card market share in Japan. According to it, California-based manufacturer Sandisk had the largest share, followed by Toshiba (Japan), Transcend (Taiwan). 5.4 million cards were sold in …

According to Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun newspaper, total 743,000 copiers were sold in Japan in 2013. Canon had the largest share (22.2%), but their share decreased by 0.2% from 2012. Meanwhile the second player Ricoh increased their share by 0.…

According to the research by NPD DisplaySearch, 5.46 million flat TVs were sold in Japan in 2013. The sales of 2013 decreased by 14.8% from 2012. It is a tough situation for the TV market. Sharp had the top share (39%). Toshiba was 3rd pla…

According to Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association, 3.04 million Blu-ray Disc recorders were sold in 2013 in Japan. The total shipment in 2013 decreased by 6.9% from 2012. In 2013 the sales of TVs and recorder…

Japan Automobile Importers Association reported the number of registered cars which were imported to Japan from all over the world. According to the data as of 2013 March, the number of Volkswagen was the biggest. Approximately 656 thousan…

Japan Automobile Importers Association released the data of the imported car market share in Japan. According to the report, 278,864 cars were imported to Japan in 2013. Among them, Volkswagen had the highest market share (24.1%). Please s…

Nikkei newspaper estimated the market share of internet service providers in 2013 in Japan as the below. The total number of broadband connection contracts was 81.34 million. The number of contracts increased by 51.8% from 2012. OCN of NTT…

A magazine of TV games, Famitsu researched the market share of TV game softwares in Japan in 2013. According to it, Nintendo, known as Super Mario series had the largest share. Bandai Namco of Pac-Man was the second place. Capcom of Monste…

Nikkei newspaper estimated the 2013 market share of video cameras in Japan. According to it, the market size of video camera decreased by 16.1% from 2012. The total shipment of video cameras was 1.46 million cameras. Figure: Market share o…

The following shows the 2013 digital camera market share in Japan which was calculated by IDC Japan. The total shipment in 2013 was 7.9 million cameras. Manufacturer Market share (%) Canon 23.9 Nikon 20.7 Sony 17.5 Olympus 11.2 Fujifilm 9.…

Nikkei newspaper estimated the 2013 market share of cosmetic products in Japan. According to it, all of top 5 manufacturers are domestic companies. There are several reports of the cosmetic products market share on the internet. Those repo…

Recently, many houses or buildings have solar panels on their roof for photovoltaic generation. So, currently the solar cell market is expanding. According to Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association, the total shipment in 2013 was 8.5 millio…

Nielsen reported the market share of video sites in Japan in 2013. According to it, there were total 790 million hours accesses to video sites from home PCs in 2013 in Japan.Youtube had the top share 53.4% in 2013. Japan-based Niconico was…

According to Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun newspaper, 246.6 million useres access major eleven portal sites per month in Japan on average. The biggest portal site in 2013 was Yahoo. Its market share was 25.5%. The second site was Google (24.7%). T…

I use an old-type Canon printer to make my new-year's post cards. Its price was less than 10,000 yen ($100). Recent years my printer does not print photos well. It cannot reproduce the original color in the photo. I would like to buy new o…

IDC Japan reported the 2013's market share of server computers in Japan. According to it, both of Fujitsu and NEC got the highest ratio 20.6%. IBM was the third place. In 2012, the top vendor was Fujitsu, followed by IBM, NEC. Last year NE…