Independent insights into income, wages, population, household finances, and regional trends across Japan, based on publicly available statistics.
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.
Using resident-tax data, we analyze Chiba City's taxable income per taxpayer of ¥3.82 million and explain how Makuhari's concentration of IT and commercial activity fits into the city's overall income level.
Using resident-tax data, we analyze Saitama City's taxable income per taxpayer of ¥4.07 million and explain the city's economic position compared with Saitama Prefecture overall and Tokyo.
Using resident-tax data, we analyze Kawasaki's taxable income per taxpayer of ¥4.21 million and the income structure behind a figure nearly equal to Yokohama's but below Tokyo's 23 wards.
Using resident-tax data, we compare taxable income per taxpayer in Yokohama and Tokyo's 23 wards. Yokohama is about ¥980,000 lower than Tokyo, while still ranking third among six major Kanto cities.
We compare financial assets held by households in their 30s across six major Kanto cities, an age when careers and child-rearing are often still in their early stages. Only three cities publish usable figures, so the results are treated as a limited reference comparison.
We compare financial assets for households in their 40s, when mortgage repayment and saving often overlap, across six major Kanto cities. Only three cities publish usable figures, so the comparison is limited accordingly.
We compare financial assets in Yokohama and Kawasaki, including about ¥18.34 million versus ¥22.16 million for households in their 60s, and examine why the city with the higher balance changes by age.
Using 2019 National Survey of Family Income, Consumption and Wealth data, we examine household financial assets in Sagamihara by age and the limits of interpreting wealth-building capacity from a city with relatively low household income.
Using 2019 National Survey of Family Income, Consumption and Wealth data, we examine household financial assets in Kawasaki by age and ask how much wealth has accumulated in a city with the highest household income among six major Kanto cities.
Using 2019 National Survey of Family Income, Consumption and Wealth data, we examine household financial assets in Chiba City by age and the background to its unusually high published average among six major Kanto cities.