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The market size of alcoholic drink in Japan is about 3.57 trillion yen(35 billion dollars) according to the report of...

The market size of medicine in Japan is about seven trillion yen(70 billion dollars) according to the report of Ministry...

The big 3 occupy convenience store market!

Chain convenience stores increased in Japan from 1970s though a convenience store was born in USA from 1930s. Japanese convenience stores continue to develop along thier own paths according to the needs of customers. They provide various servises...

Big 5 companies occupy instant noodle market!

The market size of instant noodle in Japan is 500 billion yen(about 500 million dollars) according to the report of World Instant Noodles Association in 2016. The market size of Fukuro-men which is sold in a soft plastic packaging is about 130 billion yen and...

JAL and ANA occupy Japanese airline market!

JAL(Japan Airlines Co) and ANA(All Nippon Airways Co) occupy the market of airline in Japan. JAS(JAPAN AIR SYSTEM CO) started in 1971, but it was merged by JAL in 2004 because of business slump. JAL was also in a financial crisis in 2010 because...

Mega-Banks occupy Japanese bank market!

The total deposits of the all banks in Japan is about 680 trillion yen(about 6.8 trillion dollars) according to the report of Japanese Bankers Association in 2016. The total lendings of them is about 470 trillion yen. They increase a few percent from the previous year...

Construction market increase or remain flat!

The market size of construction industry in Japan is about 54 trillion yen(about 540 billion dollars) according to the report of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in 2017. That was 3.1% increase from the previous year. The market size of constructing...

Market size became more than five times!

The market size of IT(ICT) industry in Japan is about 80 trillion yen(about 800 billion dollars) according to the report of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2016. The market size of telecommunications is about 25 trillion yen, that of mobile telecom...

Automobiles sales kept five million units!

The peak of automobiles sales was 7.8 million units in 1990, that have dropped to almost 70% of its peak now. However, the automobiles sales has kept about five million units though there was some ressions from 1990 to 2017, the financial crisis in 2007 and....

Office demand in the three cities increases!

The demand of office building in the three largest cities, Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, will increase since economic growth is expected to remain robust and many companies will continue to expand their office space. An office area is widing yaer by year, but the...

Japanese motorcyle market is shrinking!

The market size of motorcycle in the world is about five trillion yen(about 50 billion dollars), that only in Japan is about 130 billion yen. This market is growing with the growth of emerging nations' economies, but Japanese motorcyle market is shrinking. Japanese...

Canon has the top share of camera market!

Japanese camera manufacturers account for over 80% of the camera market in the world. They make camera for export which account for about 80% of their total shipment volume, and another is for domestic market. It would be no exaggeration to say that ...