Independent insights into income, wages, population, household finances, and regional trends across Japan, based on publicly available statistics.
We compare scheduled monthly wages for workers in their 40s across all seven Kanto prefectures and examine where pay is highest as more employees move into mid-career management and specialist roles.
Using wage data for workers in their early 20s across all seven Kanto prefectures, we show how to think about job location without relying on unsupported take-home-pay or rent assumptions.
We compare financial assets for households in their 50s across six major Kanto cities and examine how much of the apparent gap can realistically be attributed to the city itself.
Using wage, household-income, and asset data as context, we model a hypothetical Yokohama household in its 30s to see how mortgage rates can change monthly fixed costs.
We compare Tokyo's 23 wards and Yokohama using wages, household income, financial assets, taxable income, and employment-related indicators to see where each city is stronger.
We analyze Kawasaki's household income, financial assets, and employment data together to understand why a city with very high income can still rank differently on accumulated assets.
We combine household income, financial assets, and taxable-income statistics to examine household finances in Yokohama and show what the city's numbers can—and cannot—tell us.
We analyze how wage levels relative to Tokyo changed across all seven Kanto prefectures from 2020 to 2023 and whether regional wage gaps narrowed or widened.
We analyze how wages in Tokyo changed over the four years spanning the pandemic and show which age groups saw the largest gains in the 2023 data.
Using four years of time-series data, we track wage trends by age in Kanagawa and examine which age groups saw the largest gains through the pandemic period and subsequent wage increases.
Using resident-tax data, we compare taxable income in Tokyo's 23 wards with Yokohama, Kawasaki, and Sagamihara and examine the income gaps that exist even within the Greater Tokyo area.
Using resident-tax data, we analyze Sagamihara's taxable income per taxpayer of ¥3.47 million and examine the industrial structure behind the lowest figure among six major Kanto cities, along with the city's future outlook.