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Note for Users

1. The major statistical tables revised in the present edition are as shown in "Major Changes in Statistical Tables".
2. The present edition contains statistics which became available by 30 June 2024.
3. At the beginning of each chapter, general description is presented on contents of the chapter, purpose and objects of surveys, and definition of terms.
4. General remarks on each table and on items are stated in the footnotes and Glossary for Terms. Specific notes on selected items or cells are shown in footnotes with reference codes.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, "year" refers to the calendar year, and "fiscal year" refers to the 12 months beginning 1 April of the year stated.
6. Metric units are used in all tables and figures in which the data are measured in weight, volume, length or area.
7. Detail figures in the tables may not add up to the totals because of rounding.
8. Figures for Japan in Chapter 30 "Comparative International Statistics" may differ from figures in other chapters of the Yearbook due to difference in sources. No adjustment is made between them.
9. The following symbols are used in the tables:

   	Below unit
   	Null or not applicable
   	Figures not available
   	Figures kept undisclosed
   	Designates "of which", related to major headings shown to the left.
   	Provisional or estimate figures.
   	Where several items are summed, figures are presented only in the first column with "*" and the mark is also used in the other columns.

   (Example1)
   
   The figure 123 in the column A represents the total of columns A, B and C.
   (Example2)
   
   The figure 123 in the X column of A represents the total of the X,Y and Z columns of A.
10. The source of statistics of each table is shown in the footnote.
11. Country names are generally based on the "Countries & Regions" in the homepage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but shorter names are used where there is no possibility of misunderstanding.
12. Statistics for China do not cover Hong Kong (returned to China in July 1997), Macau (returned to China December 1999) and Taiwan.
13. When any contents of this Yearbook are to be quoted or copied in other publication, it is requested to refer to the title of this Yearbook as follows.
    Source: Japan Statistical Yearbook 2025, Statistics Bureau,
    Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan.

Major Changes in Statistical Tables

Tables newly added

•  7- 6 Number of Establishments and Sales (Income) by Industry, Prefectures
•  9- 7 Value and Volume of Exports and Imports of Non-Ferrous Metal Products
• 10-10 Destroyed Buildings
• 12- 2 Numbers of Privately Owned Establishments, Numbers of Persons Engaged, and Amounts of Sales in Information and Communications Industries by Industry
• 14- 6 Number of Establishments and Annual Sales of Goods by Wholesale and Retail Trade, Prefecture
• 16-18 Clearance of Bills at Electronic Clearing Houses

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