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Japan, explained through public data.

Independent visual stories built from official sources, published in English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese.

−57%

2005–2024

Ministry of Justice · correctional statistics

Foreign nationals in Japanese prisons, 2005–2024

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+12.8cm

1900–2015

MEXT school health survey · 1900–2015

The century Japan grew, and the year it stopped

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4,125,395

2025

Immigration Services Agency · 31 December 2025

Four million foreign residents in Japan, 2012–2025

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41.7%

2000–2024

MIC · FY2000–FY2024 settled accounts

Where prefecture revenue comes from, and where it is spent, 2000–2024

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29

1954–2025

Statistics Bureau · 1954–2025 register

Net migration between Japanese prefectures, 1954–2025

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3.4×

2021

Statistics Bureau · 2021 time use survey

How husbands and wives with a young child spend the day

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¥4.78m

2024

National Tax Agency · 2024 income

Where does your annual salary sit in Japan?

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¥338,8352025

MHLW registers · 2024–2025

What insured pay looks like across Japan

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2,571,0372025

MHLW · October 2025

A record 2.57 million foreign workers in Japan

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