Independent insights into income, wages, population, household finances, and regional trends across Japan, based on publicly available statistics.
Using census data, we compare the number of unemployed people and approximate unemployment rates across six major Kanto cities, while explaining why the figures cannot simply be translated into a ranking of how easy it is to find a job.
Using census data, we analyze employment in Kawasaki by industry and examine whether the former industrial city has shifted toward a service-based economy.
Using census data, we analyze Chiba City's labor force, unemployment, industry mix, and employment types. Rather than calculating an unsupported labor-force participation rate, we focus on the employment structure directly supported by the published data.
Using census data, we analyze employment in Saitama City by industry and employment type and explain the labor structure of the economic center of Saitama Prefecture.
Using census data, we analyze employment in Tokyo's 23 wards by employment type and show how regular and non-regular work coexist in Japan's largest labor market.
Using population-movement data, we compare in-migration, out-migration, and net migration across six major Kanto cities. Yokohama has the largest net inflow in absolute numbers, while Saitama City leads relative to population.
Using census data, we analyze Yokohama's 39.9% share of one-person households. The figures show the scale of living alone in the city and why housing and services must account for both younger and older single residents.
Using census data, we compare the share of residents aged 65 and over in six major Kanto cities. Kawasaki is the youngest by this measure, while Chiba City and Sagamihara have the highest aging rates.
Using census data, we analyze Yokohama's daytime/nighttime population ratio of 92.5%. Even as Japan's largest city by population, Yokohama has many Tokyo commuters—but it is also a major employment center in its own right.
Using census data, we analyze daytime and nighttime population in Tokyo's 23 wards. The resident population of 9.73 million rises to 12.35 million during the day, revealing the scale of a work center that draws about 2.61 million net commuters and students into central Tokyo.
Using census and population-projection data, we examine Sagamihara's population trends and consider how the planned Linear Chuo Shinkansen station at Hashimoto may affect the city's future.
Using census and population-projection data, we examine Chiba City's population trends, the role of Makuhari redevelopment, and the projected decline toward 2045.