Number of Lawyers in Japan by Prefecture, 2018
There are 40,066 lawyers in Japan as of 2018 March 31. The following data show the number of registered lawyers by prefecture.
Table: Number of Lawyers in Japan by Prefecture, 2018
| Prefecture | Lawyers | Population per a lawyer | Lawyer per 10,000 residents |
| Tokyo | 18,879 | 727 | 13.76 |
| Osaka | 4,562 | 1,934 | 5.17 |
| Aichi | 1,958 | 3,843 | 2.60 |
| Kanagawa | 1,635 | 5,602 | 1.79 |
| Fukuoka | 1,281 | 3,987 | 2.51 |
| Hokkaido | 1,004 | 5,299 | 1.89 |
| Hyōgo | 934 | 5,892 | 1.70 |
| Saitama | 870 | 8,402 | 1.19 |
| Chiba | 798 | 7,827 | 1.28 |
| Kyoto | 768 | 3,384 | 2.95 |
| Hiroshima | 579 | 4,886 | 2.05 |
| Shizuoka | 478 | 7,688 | 1.30 |
| Miyagi | 453 | 5,128 | 1.95 |
| Okayama | 401 | 4,756 | 2.10 |
| Gunma | 289 | 6,782 | 1.47 |
| Ibaraki | 286 | 10,112 | 0.99 |
| Niigata | 280 | 8,096 | 1.24 |
| Kumamoto | 279 | 6,326 | 1.58 |
| Okinawa | 267 | 5,404 | 1.85 |
| Nagano | 242 | 8,579 | 1.17 |
| Tochigi | 222 | 8,815 | 1.13 |
| Kagoshima | 211 | 7,706 | 1.30 |
| Gifu | 204 | 9,843 | 1.02 |
| Fukushima | 203 | 9,271 | 1.08 |
| Mie | 185 | 9,730 | 1.03 |
| Yamaguchi | 177 | 7,814 | 1.28 |
| Ishikawa | 173 | 6,630 | 1.51 |
| Kagawa | 173 | 5,590 | 1.79 |
| Nara | 170 | 7,929 | 1.26 |
| Ehime | 164 | 8,317 | 1.20 |
| Oita | 161 | 7,155 | 1.40 |
| Nagasaki | 160 | 8,463 | 1.18 |
| Shiga | 153 | 9,235 | 1.08 |
| Wakayama | 146 | 6,473 | 1.54 |
| Miyazaki | 139 | 7,835 | 1.28 |
| Toyama | 125 | 8,448 | 1.18 |
| Yamanashi | 123 | 6,691 | 1.49 |
| Aomori | 113 | 11,310 | 0.88 |
| Fukui | 107 | 7,280 | 1.37 |
| Saga | 106 | 7,774 | 1.29 |
| Iwate | 104 | 12,067 | 0.83 |
| Yamagata | 98 | 11,245 | 0.89 |
| Tokushima | 94 | 7,904 | 1.27 |
| Kochi | 87 | 8,207 | 1.22 |
| Shimane | 82 | 8,354 | 1.20 |
| Akita | 78 | 12,769 | 0.78 |
| Tottori | 65 | 8,692 | 1.15 |
| Total | 40,066 | 3,162 |
Source is Japan Federation of Bar Associations. 弁護士１人あたりの人口比較
www.nichibenren.or.jp/jfba_info/statistics/reform/fundamental_statistics.html
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