Independent insights into income, wages, population, household finances, and regional trends across Japan, based on publicly available statistics.
Using 2023 data, this article analyzes wages in Chiba by age and company size, focusing on the gap between large and small companies that becomes especially pronounced in the 40s and 50s.
Using 2023 data, this article examines wages in Saitama by age and company size. It looks at the pay structure in a Tokyo commuter prefecture where small and midsize companies support a large share of local employment.
Using 2023 data, this article compares wages by age at large, midsize, and small companies in Tokyo and shows how the company-size gap grows over a career.
A four-year look at wage trends for men and women in Tokyo. This article examines whether the gender gap improved through the COVID-19 period and recent wage increases, with some comparison to Kanagawa.
A four-year time-series look at the gender wage ratio in Kanagawa. Using data from 2020 through 2023, spanning the COVID-19 period, this article examines whether the gap narrowed or widened.
A comparison of men's and women's wages for ages 20–29 across the seven Kanto prefectures. Using 2023 data, this article examines whether the gender gap that concerns job seekers is already present at the start of a career.
A ranking of women's wages as a share of men's across the seven Kanto prefectures. Using 2023 data, this article compares the areas with the smallest and largest gaps and examines the figures behind them.
An age-by-age look at the gender wage gap in Tokyo, Japan's largest economic center. The gap is small in the 20s but widens rapidly from the 30s onward, as the 2023 figures show.
Using data from Japan's Social and Demographic Statistics System, this article examines Yokohama's population projections. The city's population is forecast to decline from about 3.79 million in 2025 to about 3.66 million in 2040, a decrease of roughly 123,000. It explains the long-term demographic outlook for Yokohama, where net in-migration continues but overall population decline is expected.
This article compares wages for workers aged 40–59 across Kanto's seven prefectures. Tokyo peaks at ¥490,400 for ages 55–59, while Gunma is ¥378,000. The analysis looks at why relatively small regional gaps among younger workers become much larger later in a career.
This article compares 2020 and 2023 Basic Survey on Wage Structure data across Kanto's seven prefectures. Tochigi records the largest increase at ¥40,500 (+12.9%), while Tokyo is nearly flat at +¥700 (+0.2%). The figures show a narrowing regional gap, but they are not a measure of individual pay raises.
Using the Basic Survey on Wage Structure, this article explains scheduled monthly wages in Gunma by age and gender. Although the all-age average of ¥326,600 is the lowest among the seven Kanto prefectures, the article looks at the manufacturing economy centered on SUBARU in Ota and the different employment structures across Gunma.