In every April, students are measured their heights and weights at school. The government collects those data and publishes them each year. Here are the 2015 data on the distribution of 8 year-old girls height. The biggest cluster is 126cm/4'2" (7.51%).
Figure: Distribution of 8 Year-old Girls Height in Japan, 2015
| cm | feet | % |
| 107 | 3'6" | 0.02 |
| 108 | 3'6" | 0.01 |
| 109 | 3'7" | 0.01 |
| 110 | 3'7" | 0.04 |
| 111 | 3'8" | 0.04 |
| 112 | 3'8" | 0.11 |
| 113 | 3'8" | 0.17 |
| 114 | 3'9" | 0.35 |
| 115 | 3'9" | 0.42 |
| 116 | 3'10" | 0.70 |
| 117 | 3'10" | 1.16 |
| 118 | 3'10" | 1.87 |
| 119 | 3'11" | 2.35 |
| 120 | 3'11" | 3.08 |
| 121 | 4'0" | 3.81 |
| 122 | 4'0" | 5.04 |
| 123 | 4'0" | 5.21 |
| 124 | 4'1" | 6.38 |
| 125 | 4'1" | 6.85 |
| 126 | 4'2" | 7.51 |
| 127 | 4'2" | 7.17 |
| 128 | 4'2" | 6.89 |
| 129 | 4'3" | 6.68 |
| 130 | 4'3" | 6.35 |
| 131 | 4'3" | 5.77 |
| 132 | 4'4" | 4.96 |
| 133 | 4'4" | 4.05 |
| 134 | 4'5" | 3.29 |
| 135 | 4'5" | 2.55 |
| 136 | 4'5" | 2.05 |
| 137 | 4'6" | 1.43 |
| 138 | 4'6" | 1.28 |
| 139 | 4'7" | 0.67 |
| 140 | 4'7" | 0.47 |
| 141 | 4'7" | 0.48 |
| 142 | 4'8" | 0.25 |
| 143 | 4'8" | 0.23 |
| 144 | 4'9" | 0.16 |
| 145 | 4'9" | 0.04 |
| 146 | 4'9" | 0.03 |
| 147 | 4'10" | 0.02 |
| 148 | 4'10" | 0 |
| 149 | 4'11" | 0.04 |
| 150 | 4'11" | 0 |
| 151 | 4'11" | 0 |
| 152 | 4'12" | 0 |
| 153 | 5'0" | 0 |
Source is Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
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www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Xlsdl.do?sinfid=000031399258
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