Industry data
Numbers by industry, read from Japanese government statistics. 24 articles
[X001] How Many Workers per Establishment? A Table of 526 Industrial Subcategories, and How the Smaller Trades Reach More Towns
For each of the 526 industrial subcategories I computed workers per establishment from the 2021 Economic Censu…
[I023] Six in Ten Non-Compliances Are Relative Humidity
From Tables 3-1 to 3-8 of the Report on Public Health Administration (FY2024) I split Japan's 48,608 specified…
[I022] 1,904,239 Licensed Food Businesses, 1,125,567 Visited in a Year
From Table 1-1 (old Food Sanitation Act) and Table 3-1 (amended Act) of the Report on Public Health Administra…
[I021] 25,678 Inspections, 3 Sanctions
From Tables 1 to 5 of the medical section of the Report on Public Health Administration (FY2024) I counted ins…
[I020] 95,546 Food Samples, 431 Failures (0.45%)
From Tables 11 and 12-1 of the Report on Public Health Administration (FY2024) I counted food sampling tests b…
[I019] 1,468 Cinema Premises, and None at All in 82.1% of Municipalities
From Table 7 of the Report on Public Health Administration (FY2024) I counted entertainment venues by type tog…
[I018] 27,227 on the Watching Side, of Whom 2,349 Are Full-Time
From Table 13 of the Report on Public Health Administration (FY2024) I counted environmental health and food s…
[I017] Of 3,511 Crematoria, 1,349 Are in Use: Fukui Has 557 and Uses 14
From Table 5 of the Report on Public Health Administration (FY2024) I counted cemeteries, crematoria and ossua…
[I016] Milk Processed Differs 20,444-fold Top to Bottom: Hokkaido, with 4.0% of the Population, Processes 17.1%
From Table 2 of the Report on Public Health Administration (FY2024) I counted the volume of milk processed by…
[I015] 107,995 Barbershops and 277,752 Beauty Salons: Only Beauty Is Off by 1.7-fold Between Statistics
From Table 10 of the Report on Public Health Administration (FY2024) I counted barbershops and beauty salons —…
[I014] 11,910 Shops Sell Medicines Remotely (12.8%)
I counted the premises notifying distance selling under the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Act (selling n…
[I013] Pharmacies Are 9.1% of 697,897 Pharmaceutical-Related Businesses
I counted the premises licensed, registered or notified under the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Act, fro…
[I012] 17,842 Registered Businesses Maintain 48,608 Specified Buildings
I counted specified buildings under the Building Sanitation Act (offices, stores and the like of at least 3,00…
[I011] 865,122 Notified Food Businesses
For the notification regime created by the June 2021 revision of the Food Sanitation Act, I counted premises i…
[I010] 383 Burials, 1,674,137 Cremations
I counted burials, cremations and grave relocations in the Report on Public Health Administration (FY2024, MHL…
[I009] Of 23,668 "Public Bathhouses," 2,730 Are Neighbourhood Baths
I counted public bathhouses in the Report on Public Health Administration (end of FY2024, MHLW, Environmental…
[I008] Seven in Ten Cleaning Premises Do Not Wash: 48,172 of 67,551 Are Drop-Off Shops
I counted dry-cleaning premises in the Report on Public Health Administration (end of FY2024, MHLW, Environmen…
[I007] 140 Towns and Villages Have No Pharmacy
I counted pharmacies in the Report on Public Health Administration (end of FY2024, MHLW, Pharmaceutical Affair…
[I006] The Number of Inns Differs 13.7-Fold Between Statistics: Simple Lodgings Are Not Counted as Establishments
I counted lodging places two ways — as premises licensed under the Inns and Hotels Act in the Report on Public…
[I005] Food-Service Licences Are 2.9 Times the Establishments
I counted eating and drinking places two ways — as licensed premises in the Report on Public Health Administra…
[I004] Barbershops and Beauty Salons: Two People per Shop, and More Barbershops Where the Population Is Older
I counted barbershops and beauty salons in the Report on Public Health Administration (end of FY2024, MHLW) an…
[I003] The Same Clinics Counted by Two Official Statistics: Dental Clinics Agree, General Clinics Differ by 26.8%
I counted clinics in two official statistics — the Survey of Medical Institutions (1 October 2023, MHLW) and t…
[I002] Certified Care Recipients per Establishment Are in the Sixties Everywhere, Regardless of Municipality Size
Matching the number of people certified as requiring long-term care or support (FY2024, by insurer) with the n…
[I001] How Many Vehicles per Repair Shop? Where There Are More Cars, There Are Fewer per Shop
Matching the number of registered vehicles (as of the end of June 2026) with the number of motor vehicle repai…