About Japan - Market Data
Source: "Sekai no Tokei 2011" Published by the Statistics Bureau an compiled by the Statistical Research and Training Institute in Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Area
Japan's surface area amounts to just 1/25th of that of United States. Among European countries, Japan is closest in size to Germany.
Population
With approximately 130 million people, Japan has roughly twice the population of U.K. or France, and about one and half that of Germany.
Japan has the world's third largest GDP. It is definitely one of the world's greatest economic power.
Nominal GDP
(as of 2010)
Japan's population is concentrated in large metropolitan areas
Japan's population = 127.5 million people
Source: Population estimates as of October 1, 2009
More than one-third of Japan's population resides in Tokyo, and more than half does in the two largest market areas, Tokyo and Osaka.
| Average household annual income (¥10K) |
Average Allowance (Per month) (¥) |
Average amount of financial assets (US $) |
|
| Tokyo area |
715 | 26,392 | 1,466 |
| Osaka area | 635 | 23,177 | 1,338 |
| Nagoya area | 692 | 23,151 | 1,446 |
| Fukuoka area | 606 | 21,963 | 1,089 |
| Other area | 589 | 20,076 | 1,075 |
Not only is the population higher in the Tokyo area, the residents of Tokyo have higher incomes and more assets than residents of other areas.