Market information: JAPAN
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Country facts
Area (sq km): total: 377,835 sq km land: 374,744 sq km water: 3,091 sq km note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto)
Roadways (km): total: 1.193 million km paved: 942,000 km (includes 7,383 km of expressways) unpaved: 251,000 km (2005) Languages (%): Japanese Literacy (%): definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2002) Currency (code): yen (JPY) GDP - per capita (PPP): $33,500 (2007 est.) GDP - real growth rate (%): 2% (2007 est.) Industries: among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods Internet users: 88.11 million (2007) Source: CIA - The World Factbook |
Media & Marketing
Japan Media ReviewTopics: General
Online journal examining the impact of emerging technologies on the practice, ethics, law, business and politics of journalism in Japan.
Media:
Website: News | Weblog
Languages: English
www.japanmediareview.com
Press
Japanese Business Readership Survey (JBRS)Topics: Readership data
Survey providing readership, TV viewing, web audience and marketing data on the Japanese market.
Media:
One-time Publication
Languages: English
www.ipsos-mori.com/media/jbrs.shtml
Newspapers
The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association (Pressnet)Topics: General
Association congregating financial executives, advertising managers, circulation directors, directors of human resources working for news organizations.
Media:
Website: Facts & figures
Email Newsletter
Languages: English | Japanese
www.pressnet.or.jp
Magazines
Advertiser’s Guide to Magazines in Japan 2005-2006Topics: Advertising
Publication with topical information on magazines published in Japan—from broad analysis of industry trends, to focused introductions to individual magazines. Also providing contact addresses outside of Japan.
Media:
One-time Publication
Languages: English
www.zakko.or.jp/eng/issue/index.html