Population density and composition of Japan. Mentality and education of local residents

Japan's demographics have come under scrutiny as the population has continued to decline since 2010, coupled with a sharp increase in the over-65 age group.

According to UN estimates, the population of Japan at the beginning of March 2016 is 126 million 394 thousand people. Japanese government forecasts say that if current trends continue, the country's population will decline to 90 million by 2050.

This is just an extrapolation that will not necessarily become reality, but it is the start of a new trend. A similar situation awaits other Asian and developed European countries.
In 1910, the population of Japan was 51 million.

Historical reference

In the first half of the 20th century, the number of Japanese grew by an average of 5 - 7% every 5 years, excluding the period of World War 2. The 1950 population census recorded an increase of 15% compared to 1945, but there is no complete confidence in these figures - in addition to the restoration increase in the birth rate, in 1950 military personnel returning from the fronts and from captivity were taken into account.

Since 1950, the birth rate began to fall from 28 births per 1000 people in 1950 to an average of 18 -19 births per 1000 in 1955 - 1975.

The sharp decline in fertility in 1966 was due to the peculiarities of the Japanese zodiac calendar: “Inoe zuma,” the year of bad omens.

After 1980, the decline in the birth rate intensified with a simultaneous decrease in mortality. This led to significant changes in the demographic structure of society; the number of elderly people aged 65 years and above began to increase, while the number of the working population decreased.

Since 2000, the population has increased slightly: an increase of 0.7% over the five-year period between 2005 and 2010.

The peak was recorded by the 2010 census at 128 million people, after which the population began to fall.

On the video population of Japan for 2016:

Largest islands

97% of the population lives on the four largest islands of the Japanese archipelago:

Honshu,
Hokkaido,
Shikoku

Honshu Island- the largest and most populous, with more than 97 million people, mostly concentrated in urban agglomerations on the west coast. The most sparsely populated - the second largest northern island Hokkaido c 5.5 million population.
Kyushu Island with 12 million people, it is the third largest and southernmost of the large islands.
The smallest of the four main islands is Shikoku with 3.98 million inhabitants.
Japan is a highly urbanized country. The 2010 census showed that 90.7% of the population lived in cities. The share of the rural population does not exceed 5%.

At the same time, 68.5% of the territory is covered by forests, which is typical for sparsely populated northern countries.

Japan's capital Tokyo, together with Yokohama and Kawasaki, forms the world's largest urban agglomeration, with a population of 35 million people.

Other cities with more than a million inhabitants: Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kobe, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Saitama, Hiroshima.

On the video, the density of the country:

Employment

The economically active population is concentrated in cities. 33% of working Japanese are employed in industry. The country is poor in mineral resources, so the mining industry is practically undeveloped.

The developed automotive, electronics and mechanical engineering high-tech industries require highly qualified workers, so there is a periodic shortage of high-class specialists. 50% work in the service sector, transport, and construction.

No more than 5% of the working population is employed in agriculture. Due to the aging population, the employment of older people over 60 years of age is of particular importance. Unemployment is low at 4.4% in 2015.

However, the “lifetime employment” system that the country was so proud of before 2000 is gradually giving way to hiring freelancers. The number of freelancers increased from 5% to 24%.

Japan is a rich country.

Net per capita income (income after taxes) was $26,111 at the end of 2014. For comparison, in South Korea this figure was $19,510.

From this article you can find out which ones and probably now in 2016. But looking back at the rates of economic growth in developed countries, one can come to the conclusion that these countries will remain at a low level for many years to come.

The rest of the countries in the Asian region cannot even come close to these indicators. Singapore stands apart, but there are no data on net per capita income for it.

The other day I came across an interesting link on the Internet. This is a rather interesting site "Japan Statistics by Prefecture". The link itself was to a specific page, which provided statistical data on how many foreign citizens from different countries currently live in Japan and a ranking of the number of citizens of a particular country by prefecture. I was interested in the data on Russian citizens. I think the readers of my blog will also be interested in knowing this data, so I am sharing the information with you.

First, a little clarification. This data is provided by the Japanese Ministry of Justice and, as far as I understand, this includes those foreigners (in our case, Russian citizens) who have a visa for a stay in Japan of more than 6 months. Since these are the categories of visas issued by the Ministry of Justice (the immigration service is located in their department). That is, tourists who come to Japan for a period of less than 3 months, that is, on short-term visas, I think, are not included in the statistics presented on the website.

Another note: the site is not the official website of the Japan Statistics Bureau, which is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan. This government agency, like our Rosstat, has its own separate website.

The site that I decided to write about today is not the site of a government agency, it was created by a Japanese enthusiast, whose pseudonym, as I understand it, is odomon. He currently lives in Nagano Prefecture.

As he writes, since elementary school his favorite book was the book「日本のすがた」(which can be translated as the image or appearance of Japan), and he also dreamed of working in a statistical bureau. And although life took a different course and he worked in a different field in Tokyo and abroad, later, when he returned to Nagano, he managed to realize his dream in the form of this site, on which he collects various statistical data about Japan.

I hope the information was interesting. Perhaps this and other sites will be useful to some for writing reports about Japan, and to others for choosing a city to study the Japanese language.

By the way, I remind you that we are already working and accepting applications for short-term courses from 1 to 3 months, which begin in April 2016. The spring course is good because it gives you the opportunity not only to improve your knowledge of the Japanese language, but also to see cherry blossoms in spring! We accept documents for these courses until the end of February.

If you are planning to replenish the population of Japan and enter ratings similar to those described in this note, that is, you are planning to enroll in a long-term program for studying the Japanese language (in this case, you will receive a college student visa for a period of more than 6 months), then we are now accepting documents for the long-term program "1 year and 9 months", which begins in July 2016. You can study for the full 1 year and 9 months, or just 1 year. We accept documents for these courses until mid-March.

The next long-term program “1.5 years” will begin in October 2016. We will begin accepting documents from the end of February to the beginning of May.

For any questions write to me at [email protected] If you find it difficult to choose a language school, I will be happy to help you decide on the school and the Japanese language course that suits you.

How many people live in Japan? Why are there so many centenarians here? Why does the country have a difficult demographic situation? You will find out the answers to these and many other questions right now.

Population of Japan

Japan is one of the most populated countries on our planet. If we look at the general table reflecting the number of people living in a particular country, it turns out that Japan is in the top ten with a total population of just under 130 million people. This is quite a lot, especially considering the fact that not much more people live in Russia, and the area of the countries cannot be compared.

By the way, by the beginning of 2020 the total population is 125.9 million people. Japan once ranked 10th in the world for this indicator. But now it has been replaced by Mexico, home to 126.5 million people. And rapidly growing Ethiopia (112 million) is already pressing in from below.

Of course, so many people had never lived in the Land of the Rising Sun before, but over time their number increased. It is not for nothing that the Japanese are looking for opportunities to obtain land on various islands in order to somehow resolve issues related to the resettlement of their residents in various settlements.

Population density

If we look at the average population density in Japan, we will see that it is not just large, but very large and amounts to about 340 people per square kilometer. This is a lot, but we must not forget that in Japan only one third of the land is suitable for life and this suggests that the real population density is much higher.

In big cities, people actually live practically on top of each other and are forced to build multi-story buildings, and the apartments themselves sometimes have an area of tens of square meters. In such dwellings, the beds are made folding, wardrobes are built into the walls, the table can be pulled out, and so on. Most often, people who have not yet started their own family live in such apartments, and having a personal house with a plot of land is a significant luxury for any Japanese.

Housing and land are highly valued here, all thanks to the very high population density. According to statistical studies, the land suitable for living in this country is comparable in area to the Moscow region!

Ethnic composition of the population

As for the ethnic composition of the population, Japan is faithful to traditions and very few foreigners live here. If you believe the statistics, then the same Koreans and Chinese account for less than one percent of the total population of Japan, and Europeans and Americans almost never live here on a permanent basis. Approximately 20-30 thousand people from the West work in Japan, but after several years they leave to return to their homeland.

Why are there so few representatives of other nationalities here? Firstly, high population density and the lack of free land do not imply active migration from other Asian countries. Secondly, Japan has a very specific mentality, due to which foreigners will forever remain strangers to local residents.

Thus, the national issue is not acute here and it is safe to say that in the near future the Japanese will have more than significant superiority over other nations.

At the same time, the indigenous inhabitants of some archipelagos, the so-called Ainu (aboriginals of the Japanese islands), are represented in small numbers, only a few tens of thousands of people throughout the country. Some of them even retain their language and culture while living in isolated settlements.

Gender composition of the population

The number of men and women in the country is approximately the same, which again is not very typical for most countries. If there is a difference, it is minimal and is achieved due to the fact that most often boys are born, and women reach an advanced age (70 years or more).

As for middle age, there are approximately the same number of men and women. By the way, life expectancy in Japan is indeed very respectable and averages almost 80 years, which once again speaks of developed medicine and good heredity.

The Land of the Rising Sun has long been famous for its centenarians. According to the latest data, more than 70 thousand people live here, having passed the 100-year mark. Among them are approximately 62 thousand women and 8.5 thousand men. As you can see, gender stratification becomes obvious only in truly old age.

Demographic situation in the country

It can be described in one word - disaster. Suffice it to say that back in 2009, more than 128 million people lived in Japan. That is, over ten years the population decline amounted to 2.1 million.

In 2019, 1.04 million children were born here, while the total number of deaths was 1.26 million. This means that every day the population is decreasing by about 600 people, and the negative dynamics continue to increase.

There are many reasons for what is happening, but the main ones are: the number of suicides (19.7 per 100 thousand people - 3rd place in the world) and the reluctance of young people to start a family. Tens of thousands of Japanese women and men prefer to lead a reclusive lifestyle ( ). They play video games, watch anime, order takeout, and barely interact with anyone.

The state is trying to rectify the situation. In Japan, there are a lot of public service announcements aimed at promoting family values. But so far, unfortunately, it has not produced any significant results.

Not everyone knows, but residents of the Land of the Rising Sun:

They don't like to walk. Even if a Japanese needs to get to the next block, he will drive, order a taxi or use public transport.
They don't know English. Despite the locals' growing love for Western culture, it is not easy to meet someone in Japan who can speak clearly in English, especially outside of Tokyo. The thing is that this language is very different from Japanese, and most people are simply not ready to spend several years mastering it.
Very shy. It gets to the point where many can't even talk to strangers. Perhaps for this reason, not many Japanese work abroad or even just travel to other countries.
They always pay equally for lunch. It doesn’t matter whether we are talking about a romantic date or a meeting with a business partner. Everyone will pay their half of the bill.
Extremely honest. Japan has a fairly low level of corruption. Lost items are always returned to their rightful owners.

As you can see, this is a rather unusual nation.

At the moment, there are half a billion people living on earth, of which 127 million live in Japan. The modern land of the rising sun takes its roots from ancient times, so many traditions have not changed for more than two and a half thousand years, however, this does not prevent them from developing technologies that are ahead of the future, but what if you were born in Japan in the first place, your chances of living to one hundred years would increase significantly, in Japan there are more than 50,000 people who have overcome the century-old bar, but at the same time you can die from overwork, on average the Japanese work 10 hours a day and in 30 years thirty-eight thousand Japanese have already died from fatigue. Instead of your unique signatures, you will have a personalized “hanko” stamp; every Japanese has this stamp. Most likely, your favorite drink will be tea, but it's not just tea drinking. and a whole tea ceremony, which can last several hours. Nowhere except China has tea acquired such importance in human life as in Japan. For more than 12 centuries, the Japanese have been honoring these traditions. But the most devoted to traditions of the Japanese are sumo wrestlers! The rules and customs of this wrestling have not changed since the origins of its appearance and are observed outside the gym. You will be calm like a meiwaku tank - the main principle of Japanese life is causing inconvenience to others with your behavior. for example: chewing loudly in a public place or while talking on the phone. The Japanese also smoke only in specially designated places so as not to force others to breathe smoke. The Japanese, being in hell itself, can’t even blink an eye; Japan is home to seven percent of all active volcanoes in the world and there are about one and a half thousand earthquakes a year. At the same time, the locals do not panic and do not resort to looting. This is how the Japanese respect not only themselves but also those around them. And that’s all for today, dear friends! subscribe to the channel, join the VKontakte group, click on the bell and share your wishes in the comments. See you!

The country's population is 125 million people. Japan is a single-national country. The Japanese make up 99% of its population. In terms of their racial appearance, which is quite homogeneous, the Japanese represent a specific variant of the Pacific branch of the large Mongoloid race. The national minorities of Japan are Koreans, Ainu, and Chinese. Japan became the first Asian state with type II population reproduction. Reducing the birth rate is a government policy of birth control.

Japan has the highest average life expectancy in the world (about 80 years). Japan is a densely populated country. The average population density here is more than 300 people. per 1 km2. The level of urbanization in the country is high - more than 76% of the population lives in cities. In Japan, as in other economically developed countries, the process of forming urban agglomerations is actively underway. These are Keihin (Tokyo, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba) with a population of 27 million people; Han-shin (Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto) with a population of approximately 25 million people; Tyunyo (Nagoya and its satellites) with a population of up to 10 million people. There are over 200 large cities in Japan, stretching along the coast of the island. Honshu. Japan is characterized by the merger of large urban agglomerations into megalopolises. The Tokai-do megalopolis is the largest in the world (70 million people), which stretches 600 km in the east of the country along the Pacific Ocean.

The religious situation in Japan is very peculiar. The official language is Japanese. The modern Japanese writing system is very complex. It is based on Chinese hieroglyphic characters, each of which denotes a specific root concept. At the beginning of the 18th century. various Japanese myths and legends were compiled into a single text of the sacred book of Shinto, the Kojiki, which deified the power of the imperial dynasty as descending directly from the descendants of the solar goddess. Subsequently, various sects of Buddhism acquired an increasingly important role in the social life of the country. However, Buddhism did not supplant Shinto, and both religions have been declared state religions since 1868.

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This is quite a lot, especially considering the fact that not much more people live in Russia, and the area of the countries cannot be compared.

By the way, in 2018 the population in Japan is 126 million people.

By the way, if we look at the average population density in Japan, we will see that it is not just high here, but very high and amounts to about 340 people per square kilometer.

This is a lot, but we must not forget that in Japan only one third of the land is suitable for life and this suggests that the real population density is much higher.

In big cities, people actually live practically on top of each other and are forced to build multi-story buildings, and the apartments themselves sometimes have an area of tens of square meters.

Historical population of Japan (thousands of people).

In such dwellings, the beds are made folding, wardrobes are built into the walls, the table can be pulled out, and so on. Most often, people who have not yet started their own family live in such apartments, and having a personal house with a plot is a significant luxury for any Japanese.

Regarding ethnic Japan population composition, then in this regard it is faithful to traditions and very few foreigners live here. If you believe the statistics, then the same Koreans and Chinese account for less than one percent of the total population of Japan, and Europeans and Americans almost never live here on a permanent basis.

Approximately 20-30 thousand people from the West work in Japan, but after several years they leave to return to their homeland.

Thus, the national issue is not acute here and it is safe to say that in the near future the Japanese will have more than significant superiority over other nations.

Some of them even retain their own language and culture, living in isolated settlements.

As for middle age, there are approximately the same number of men and women.

By the way, life expectancy in Japan is indeed very respectable and averages almost 80 years, which once again speaks of developed medicine and good heredity.

The demographic situation in the Land of the Rising Sun is now relatively attractive and the only fears can be associated with the fact that land for development may soon run out, because even now old buildings are being actively demolished in order to build multi-storey buildings in their place.

In addition, the country is aging, as the average age of residents drops lower every year.

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The annual population decline is 0.191% (2009), about 250 thousand people.

Average life expectancy is 78.8 years for men, 85.62 years for women.

Ethnicity: Japanese 98.5%, Korean 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%.

At the beginning of the Tokugawa period, the population of Japan is 10-20 million (most historians write about 15-16 million, which is the most likely figure). According to the census in 1721, the population of Japan was 26 million, 65 thousand, 425 people, according to Japanese historians, there were about 30 million people living together with the poor population. The last list of shoguns, the 1846 census, numbered 26,907,600.

In the 125 years from 1721 to 1846, Japan's population increased slightly by more than 3%. The main reason for this slow population growth was the low productivity of agricultural survival. Its role was prompted by natural disasters, crop failures, famines, increasing urban populations, and demographic imbalances. Between 1603 and 1732, Japan's population increased to nearly 27 million, excluding soldiers. By 1750, the Kehoe famine had reduced the country's population by 850,000.

Over the next 30 years, Japan's population remained roughly the same.

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The Great Tammao Famine of 1783-1787 reduced Japan's population by more than a million people. After this, until 1830, Japan's population increased and again reached 27 million people.

The Great Famine of 1833–1836 again reduced Japan's population by a million people.

In the 18th century, Japan's population collapsed due to a general cold climate change, crop failures, increased mortality, and decreased birth rates. In this regard, the Japanese authorities began to actively combat the killing of newborns and abortions. The oldest ban on infanticide and abortion was published in the Satsuma Kagoshima Xavom in the early 17th century, but most of these ordinances appeared in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

In 2009, there were 127,078,679 people in Japan. As of 2007, there were approximately 130 million people in the world. Outside of Japan, the largest Japanese communities are in Brazil (1.4 million people) and the United States (1.3 million people). Since 2007, 10 million-dollar cities in Japan: Tokyo (13,050,000 inhabitants), Yokohama (3.27 million), Osaka ($2.48 million), Kobe ($1.46 million), Nagoya ($2.1 million) ), Kyoto (1.46 million), Sapporo (1.90 million), Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Kawasaki (1.1 million).

In terms of population, Japan is one of the top ten countries in the world. However, over the past decade, the nature of the natural population movement has changed dramatically. The highest percentage of the population of the land of the "rising sun" fell in December 2004 - then it exceeded 127.84 million. Japan became the first Asian country to move from the second to the first type of reproduction. In 2005, Japan's population declined for the first time. This is due to the fact that the number of children born since the mid-1990s is below the level of natural population replacement.

As of 2013, there were 127,300,000 citizens. For Japan, a major problem has been the rapid increase in the proportion of people over 65 years of age. Life expectancy in this country is one of the highest in the world (76 years for men, 82 years for women). Japan's population is racially, ethnically and linguistically homogeneous (more than 99% are Japanese). However, about 600,000 Koreans live in the country, although many were born and raised on the islands, spoke Japanese, and mostly had Japanese names.

Of other nationalities, the number of Chinese people is significant. They also distinguished the Ryukians, that and Aina. There is also a small Jewish diaspora in Tokyo and Kobe.

EXAMPLE. Japan's demographic transition contradicts the theory that fertility development extends from traditionally high levels through gradual decline to low levels in developed countries. In Japan, by contrast, the steep decline in fertility from 1650 to 1700 and a milder decline in fertility in the 18th century saw a transition from low fertility in the 18th century through a gradual increase in the first half of the 19th century to high fertility in the Meiji period. historical peak around 1920, and only after that did a continuous decline in the birth rate begin.

For example, in Eastern Japan between 1700 and 1800, the total fertility rate was approximately 3.5 children per woman, which is much lower than the fertility rate not only for China, but also for the period of European countries (about one third, and the second view, 40% children die at birth), by 1850 each family had 4 or 5 children (and the population began to grow), in 1880 this figure increased, stable for 30 years, 5 children per woman, and then rose to 6 1910-1920 gg., and in the period from 1920 to 1950. Japan had the highest birth rate.

Low fertility rates and mass childhood practices were combined with high rates of infant mortality: for example, in the 19th century, only 67% of girls survived to age 7. As a result, in the 18th century, each generation was smaller than the previous one (net reproduction rate of 1), at the beginning of the 19th century, this figure began to grow after 1840, the number of new generations exceeded the number of generations of parents (net -replacement rate is higher since 1), and in 1920 the number of new generations was twice as high as previous figures (net replacement rate 2) in 1950, this share has decreased by almost half, and only in the last 20 years the net return rate back at the beginning of 18 century.

Subsequently, Japan, like other advanced industrial countries, was on a path of declining fertility: in Japan, only family-based parental control emerged only at the end of the Meiji period in the early 20th century.

In 2005, Japan's population fell for the first time since the country's fertility rate was long below replacement (1.4 children per woman).

Japan, which welcomes virtually no immigrants, will end up in a predictable demographic crisis in which a small number of workers must include a large number of retirees.

In 2006, for the first time in many years, the birth rate increased slightly, representing an increase of 12,707 people compared to 2005.

In 2006, 1,096,465 Japanese were born in the land of the rising sun. Now the increase is noticeable. However, this still does not allow us to talk about a significant improvement in the demographic situation in the “land of the rising sun”: its population still tends to decline. According to 2008 data, the birth rate in this country is 787 births per 1000 inhabitants.

There are about seventy countries in the world where the total fertility rate is less than 2.1. One of the countries where Japan has the lowest birth rate.

The average woman in this country gives birth to 1.21 children during her entire reproductive life (2009). Because Japanese legislation does not promote immigration, Japan is among the countries where the population is declining due to negative natural growth. Liberalization of immigration laws will not lead to a significant change in the situation, since the Japanese economy is experiencing a shortage of jobs, youth unemployment is quite high, and most East Asian countries have a demographic situation close to Japan [ source not specified for 467 days].

The life expectancy of the Japanese population is quite famous - its people live on average longer than anyone else in the world. Japan's infant mortality rate is considered one of the lowest in the world. Residents of Japan can be considered the most durable compared to residents of other countries.

But Japan's infant mortality rate (between one and four years of age) is second among the world's 13 most developed countries [ source not specified 1044 days]

The main causes of child mortality are: accidents, various diseases and “violence”.

In the country, only "0.72 children" were killed due to a low child homicide rate (1-4 years old) of up to 10,000 children.

Currently, the vast majority of Japan's population is officially considered to be followers of Shinta (approximately 83.9% of the country's population), which is considered the national Japanese religion, and Buddhism (71.4%), which is brought to China. At the center of Sint is ancestor worship and the cult of nature.

The objects of worship are the souls of the dead and divine deities. The total number of believers exceeds the population of Japan due to the widespread practice of religious syncretism. Traditionally, most Japanese pronounce Shinto and Buddhism.

There are also representatives of other religions, mainly Christianity (2%), especially Catholicism and various branches of Protestantism. At the same time, the attitude of the majority of Japanese towards religion is manifested primarily at the external level, especially within the framework of tradition.

Thus, according to Professor Robert Kisal, only 30% of the population identifies themselves as believers.

The family in Japan is the basic unit of modern society. According to statistics in 1997, there were 44.67 million families in Japan (family also includes men and women living separately or separated). 24.5% of families have two family members (there are also families without children or same-sex families with one child), 18.3% - families of three people, 18.9% - families of four people, 7.4% - families of five people, 8% - families consisting of six or more people.

The 2000s continued to see the average Japanese family size shrink. As of SB Markar'yan 2000, official statistics were calculated using the following data on Japanese families: 27.6% - single person, 7.7% - one parent with a child, 18.9% - married couple without children, 31 9% - a couple with children, 7.6% - a family of three generations, 6.3% - another.

According to S.B. Markaryan, we get the following picture: 32.4% - one person, 8.6% - one parent with a child, 19.8% - a married couple without children, 27.8% - a married couple with children, 4.7% , - family of three generations, 6.7% - other.

In the history of family forms in Japan, several types of family forms can be distinguished.

From elite matrilocal to patrilineal form. Of matrilocality, the elitist form is when my husband moved to his wife's paternal home (in Heian), and the patrilinearnaya form is when the father is considered the head of the family, and when the family continued the family inheritance through the male line.

The most common family form is the patrilineal form.

In the majority of cases, the woman in the family is a housewife who is at home with the children and does not work outside her home. A woman is responsible for the rational distribution of resources, the kitchen, and the education of children.

She was a business economist, an accountant, a chef, and a teacher, as well as a frequent weaver, customist and others. In other words, he is almost entirely responsible for maintaining the household. However, due to the downturn in the economy, some women in the Japanese family now work part-time or temporary labor, which they call "arubaito" (from "Arbeiter", which is a German word). Then in Japan there are enough such Arubaito women. This is due to the fact that the family's financial problems are mainly related to paying for child care, as well as payments on loans to buy an apartment or pay their rent.

The right choice for the birth of a new family for a girl took so long. It is mentioned in ancient scriptures, legends and fairy tales. Everything was easy: if a girl loved a young man or any other free person, she could come to him and ask him to marry her.

For men in the Japanese family, the honorary functions of ownership and command. His main task is clear - to earn money to support his family. However, the role of "absolute ruler" and ruler is often only part of the bonton and carries only a decorative and ritual burden, despite the fact that in fact the woman in the Japanese family may not be lower, and sometimes even greater, in power and responsibility than in European houses .

This was due to the fact that even in the old days, a samurai spent most of his time even fighting somewhere for his clan, or he put out his martial arts.

Japan has very few migrants from other countries, which contributes to the geographical distance of the poor population in poor countries. In addition, Japanese authorities almost never grant refugee status. For example, in 2015, according to the Japanese Ministry of Justice, about 7.6 thousand.

applications for refugee status, of which only 27 were granted (in 2014 there were about 5 thousand applications, of which only 16 were satisfied). The majority of refugee claimants in 2015 are Indonesia, Nepal and Turkey.

Japan is a single-national country. The Japanese make up more than 99% of its population.

Of the small number of national minorities, the most numerous are Koreans - about 600 thousand. About 16 thousand Ainu live on the island of Hokkaido. A very specific ethnographic phenomenon is the “eta” caste, officially called “Barakumin”. This is a legacy of the feudal era, when, along with 4 clearly demarcated classes (nobility, knighthood, peasantry and townspeople), the so-called.

“people of vile professions” - tanners, scavengers, buffoons, etc. The descendants of these people live in special settlements. There are about 600 of them with a population of about 3 million people. Officially they have equal rights with everyone else, but in reality they are discriminated against. Marriages between “this one” and not “this one” almost never occur.

The first European-style population census was carried out in 1920, since then censuses have been conducted every 5 years.

In 2000, the population was 126.5 million (1980 – 117 million).

In Japan, there is a predominance of women (about 3 million more).

The rapid population growth characteristic of previous years (up to 36o/oo) is slowing down. Now the birth rate does not exceed 13-14 o/oo.

The mortality rate in Japan is much lower than in other developed countries. The average life expectancy is about 80 years.

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Accordingly, there is a reduction in the number of young people and an increase in the number of older people.

The country's economically active population reaches 60 million (50%)!

35% are employed in industry and construction;

In agriculture and forestry – 9%.

Transport and communications - 6%.

Trade and catering – 29%;

Non-production sphere – 21%.

Up to 40% of all workers are women! But women earn less and married women are often fired by large companies.

During the accelerated economic development in 50-70.

In the 20th century there was almost no unemployment in the country. Now there are about 2 million.

The urban population is growing rapidly (75%). More than 10 cities in Japan have a population of over 1 million people. The largest is Tokyo (8.5 million).

Agglomerations and megalopolises are actively forming. The largest is Tokaido, which includes 20 agglomerations with a population of 55 million.

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I was interested in the data on Russian citizens. I think the readers of my blog will also be interested in knowing this data, so I am sharing the information with you.

Since these are the categories of visas issued by the Ministry of Justice (the immigration service is located in their department). That is, tourists who come to Japan for a period of less than 3 months, that is, on short-term visas, I think, are not included in the statistics presented on the website.

Another note: the site is not the official website of the Japan Statistics Bureau, which is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan.

This government agency, like our Rosstat, has its own separate website.

The site that I decided to write about today is not the site of a government agency, it was created by a Japanese enthusiast, whose pseudonym, as I understand it, is odomon.

He currently lives in Nagano Prefecture.

By the way, 日本のすがた is a very interesting book, it interested me, I’m thinking about purchasing it.

First, a little information to give you an idea of some of the figures regarding the population of Japan.

First, let me remind you that the estimated population of Japan as of March 1, 2015 is 126,910,000. Ethno-racial composition: Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, others 0.6%.

As of December 2014, there were 2,121,831 registered foreigners living in Japan, 677,019 of whom were permanent residents of Japan.

The majority of permanent foreign residents were Asians, with a total population of 478,953. Chinese made up the largest proportion of them, with about 215,155 people, followed by Filipinos with 115,857 people, and Koreans with 65,711 people.

Data taken from Wikipedia. I tried to take the latest data from the official website of the Japanese Bureau of Statistics, but unfortunately the links to the databases that interest me do not open on my computer.

Now let's return to the curious site from which I started my note today.

So, the Japanese Ministry of Justice has compiled a ranking of the number of Russian citizens living in Japan.

According to these statistics from the Ministry of Justice, as of June 2015, 7,973 Russian citizens live in Japan. For every 10,000 population there are 0.63 Russian citizens.

As you can see, compared to the total number of foreigners living in Japan on long-term visas, the figure is generally quite insignificant.

Although on the other hand it is not so small. It seems to me that in recent years the number of Russian citizens in Japan has grown significantly. Even if we take the beginning of the 2000s, when I came to Japan, there were much fewer Russians then.

As a percentage of the total population permanently residing in a particular prefecture, the largest number of Russian citizens live in Toyama Prefecture.

There are 4.27 Russian citizens per 10,000 people. This is 6.8 times more than the national average.

It is not surprising, since Toyama Prefecture has long had close trade, economic and logistics ties with Russia, in particular with Vladivostok and the Primorsky Territory in general. I think that’s why many of our compatriots settled there, many of them have their own businesses and offices in Toyama.

Once I was in Toyama, my friend worked there at the time.

Tokyo ranks second in terms of numerical ratio, with 1.73 Russian citizens for every 10,000 people. This is also quite natural for the capital of Japan. A large metropolis where large Japanese and international companies and world-famous universities are concentrated, so students, highly qualified employees, artists, and many other categories of people from different countries strive to come here.

The island of Hokkaido takes third place, with 0.9 Russian citizens for every 10,000 people.

This is understandable; the island of Hokkaido is geographically close to Russia and has also long had fairly close economic and cultural ties with our country.

Also, quite a lot of Russian citizens live in prefectures close to Tokyo, for example, in Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures.

For clarity, the website provides a color map on which all prefectures are marked in different colors.

The redder it is, the more Russian citizens live in the prefecture.

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Where the color is light green, there are the least number of our compatriots.

Here you can download a table (taken from this site) of the number of Russian citizens in each prefecture and the ratio for every 10,000 people living in each prefecture of Japan.

The website "Statistics of Japan by Prefecture" provides data on the population of citizens of many other countries, mainly European, Asian and also the United States.

I also tried to find data on the former Soviet republics, but alas, I have not found it yet. Therefore, I cannot yet give similar figures for our closest neighbors.

Generally quite an interesting and educational site. There you can see a lot of statistical information in different categories. For example, what is the percentage of people enrolling in universities, including Todai, or where the most marriages take place, or what percentage of elementary school students have mobile phones and smartphones, or the number of poor people by prefecture, or the number of 24-hour konbini stores or Starbucks coffee shops "by prefecture and so on.

I plan to study it in more detail in my spare time, which I advise you to do as well.

Those who do not yet speak Japanese at a high level can look at the English version of the site.

I hope the information was interesting.

Perhaps this and other sites will be useful to some for writing reports about Japan, and to others for choosing a city to study the Japanese language.

By the way, I remind you that we are already working and accepting applications for short-term courses from 1 to 3 months, which begin in April 2016.

The good thing about the spring course is that it gives you the opportunity not only to improve your Japanese language skills, but also to see cherry blossoms in spring! We accept documents for these courses until the end of February.

You can study for the full 1 year and 9 months, or just 1 year. We accept documents for these courses until mid-March.

The next long-term program “1.5 years” will begin in October 2016. We will begin accepting documents from the end of February to the beginning of May.

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Population of Japan

Japan is one of the most populated countries on our planet. If you look at the general table showing the number of people living in a particular country, it turns out that in the first ten years, Japan has just over 130 million people with a total population.

This is quite a lot, especially considering the fact that Russia does not live longer, and the region is not comparable.

By the way, in 2018 the population of Japan is 126 million people.

Of course, many people did not yet live in the land of the rising sun, but eventually their number increased.

It is not surprising that the Japanese are looking for opportunities to purchase land on different islands in order to somehow solve the problems associated with relocating their residents to various settlements.

By the way, if we look at the average population density in Japan, we can see that it is not only large, but very large and that it 340 people per square kilometer. This is a lot, but we must not forget that in Japan only one third of the country is possible, and this shows that the actual population density is much higher.

In big cities, people actually live almost on top of each other and are forced to build multi-story buildings, and the apartments themselves sometimes have an area of tens of square meters.

In such apartments, beds are folded, wardrobes are built into the walls, the table can be expanded, and so on. Most often, people who have not yet acquired their own family live in such apartments and have an individual house with a plot; this is a wonderful luxury for every Japanese.

Housing and land are highly respected here due to the high population density.

According to statistical studies, a suitable area for living in our country is located in Moscow!

Regarding ethnicity Japanese population, then there is a real tradition in this regard, and very few foreign people live there. If you believe the statistics, then the same Koreans and Chinese make up less than one percent of the total population of Japan, Europeans and Americans and almost do not live here permanently.

About 20-30 thousand Westerners work in Japan, but after a few years they leave home.

Therefore, the national question here is not acute, and we can say with confidence that in the near future the Japanese will have more than a significant advantage over other nations.

At the same time, the indigenous inhabitants of some archipelagos, the so-called Ainu (aboriginals of the Japanese islands), are represented in small numbers, only tens of thousands of people throughout the country.

Some even retain their language and culture, lives in isolated settlements.

The number of men and women in the country is about the same, which is no longer typical in many countries. The difference, if any, is minimal and is achieved due to the fact that most boys are born and women reach adulthood (70 years or more).

As for the Middle Ages, there were approximately the same number of men and women.

By the way, life expectancy in Japan is indeed very high and averages almost 80 years, which again speaks of advanced medicine and good heredity.

The demographic situation in Japan is now quite attractive, and the only fear can be explained by the fact that the land can quickly be brought to development, since the old buildings built on their territory, multi-story buildings, are now also being actively demolished.

In addition, the state is a parent, since the average age of the population is lower every year.

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