Background Japanese (both in Japan and Hawaii) have a lower incidence of falls and of hip fracture than North American and European Caucasians, but the reasons for these differences are not clear. Subjects and Methods A cross-sectional study. We compared neuromuscular risk factors for falls using performance-based measures (chair stand time, usual and rapid walking speed, and grip strength) among 163 Japanese women in Japan, 681 Japanese-American women in Hawaii and 9403 Caucasian women in the United States aged 65 years and over. Results After adjusting for age, the Caucasian women required about 40% more time to complete 5 chair stands than either group of Japanese. Walking speed was about 10% slower among Caucasians than native Japanese, whereas Japanese-American women in Hawaii walked about 11% faster than native Japanese. Grip strength was greatest in Japan, which may reflect the rural farming district that this sample was drawn from. Additional adjustment for height, weight or body mass index increased the adjusted means of chair stand time and grip strength among Japanese, but the differences remained significant. Conclusions Both native Japanese and Japanese-American women in Hawaii performed better than Caucasians on chair stand time and walking speed tests, and native Japanese had greater grip strength than Japanese in Hawaii and Caucasians. The biological implications of these differences in performance are uncertain, but may be useful in planning future comparisons between populations.

United States Imports from Japan was US$152.07 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Japan - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

Imports from Japan in the United States decreased to 11698.31 USD Million in February from 12622.44 USD Million in January of 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports from Japan.

Key information about Japan Total Exports to USA

• Japan Total Exports to USA recorded 12.567 USD bn in Feb 2025, compared with 9.837 USD bn in the previous Jan 2025
• Japan Total Exports to USA data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1960 to Feb 2025, with an averaged value of 8.049 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 14.454 USD bn in Dec 2023 and a record low of 64.000 USD mn in Feb 1961

Graph and download economic data for U.S. Imports of Goods by Customs Basis from Japan (IMPJP) from Jan 1985 to May 2025 about imports, Japan, goods, and USA.

In 2008, with funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), baseline survey data were collected from a probability sample of Japanese adults (N=1,027) aged 30 to 79 from the Tokyo metropolitan area, resulting in the Survey of Midlife in Japan (MIDJA) [ICPSR 30822]. In 2009-2010, biomarker data was obtained from a subset (n=382) of these cases (MIDJA Biomarker) [ICPSR 34969]. The survey and biomarker measures obtained, parallel those in a national longitudinal sample of Americans known as Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) [ICPSR 4652: MIDUS 2 and ICPSR 2760: MIDUS 1]. The central objective was to compare the Japanese sample (MIDJA) with the United States sample (MIDUS) to test hypotheses about the role of psychosocial factors in the health (broadly defined) of mid- and later-life adults in Japan and the United States In 2012, with additional support from NIA, a longitudinal follow-up of the MIDJA sample was conducted resulting in a second wave (N=657) of survey data (MIDJA 2) [ICPSR 36427]. This collection reflects data from 2013-2014, when a second wave of biomarker data was obtained from a sub-sample (n=328) of those who completed the MIDJA 2 survey. Among this group, about 75 percent (n=243) also completed the first wave of biomarker assessments. Participants traveled to a clinic on the University of Tokyo campus where biomarker data (vital signs, morphometric assessments, blood assays, and medication data) were obtained. Participants also provided daily saliva samples for cortisol assessment and completed a self-administered medical history questionnaire, as well as a time preference questionnaire. The medical history questionnaire included assessments of conditions and symptoms, major health and life events, nutrition/diet, and additional psychosocial measures (anxiety, depression, relationship quality, control, etc.). The time preference questionnaire was used to collect respondents' opinions on management of money and assets given hypothetical scenarios. Demographic variables include age, gender, and marital status.

During the "Golden Age of Capitalism", from 1950 to 1973, GDP grew by annual averages of just under five percent in Western Europe*, four percent in the U.S., and ten percent in Japan. This period of prosperity came to an end with the recession of 1973-1975, however GDP growth rates did not return to their previous levels when the recession ended, as growth was fairly sporadic in the 1970s and then much slower throughout the 1980s. From 1973 to 1987, GDP grew annually at just two fifth of the Golden Age's rate in Europe and Japan, while the U.S.' annual rates were somewhat closer.

One major difference between the two given periods was that the U.S. was the dominant and most influential economy of all developed (non-communist) countries in the 1950s and 1960s, however, the 1970s and 1980s saw Japan and the European Communities (led by West Germany and France) emerge as major economic powers in their own right. While the U.S. remained the most powerful country in the world, other developed nations became more economically autonomous, and began asserting their own influence internationally.

Japan Imports from United States was US$84.95 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Japan Imports from United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.

Cross sectional data from an online survey to Japanese citizen aged 20 to 64 years old, conducted between 26 and 28 March 2020. Questions of the survey include the behavioral changes of Japanese people toward COVID-19. Quota sampling was conducted so that the sample distributions among gender (male or female), age group (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s or 60s), and employment status (regular employee, non-regular employee, self-employed or not working) become equal to those of the representative Japanese population, based on the statistics of the Labor Force Survey (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications).Data is accessible to people who have an OPEN ICPSR account.

The data center market in Japan was valued at **** trillion Japanese yen in 2024. The market was projected to increase to *** trillion yen by 2029.

Japan Exports to United States was US$141.52 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Japan Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.

This 2015 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes & Trends project focused on American and Japanese perspectives on bilateral relations, economic ties, and security cooperation. Conducted amid China’s growing regional influence and ongoing discussions about trade and defense partnerships (e.g., the Trans-Pacific Partnership), the study captures public confidence in the U.S.-Japan alliance, perceptions of shared threats, and attitudes toward economic collaboration. It highlights both alignment and divergences in how citizens of both nations view their countries’ roles in the Asia-Pacific region.

Japan JP: Refugee Population: by Country or Territory of Asylum data was reported at 2,189.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,514.000 Person for 2016. Japan JP: Refugee Population: by Country or Territory of Asylum data is updated yearly, averaging 2,617.500 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,819.000 Person in 1990 and a record low of 1,794.000 Person in 2007. Japan JP: Refugee Population: by Country or Territory of Asylum data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted.; ; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Statistics Database, Statistical Yearbook and data files, complemented by statistics on Palestinian refugees under the mandate of the UNRWA as published on its website. Data from UNHCR are available online at: www.unhcr.org/en-us/figures-at-a-glance.html.; Sum;

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a series of four separate major engagements, as well as some lesser skirmishes, around the Philippines in October 1944. When these are combined, the battle was the largest naval engagement of the Second World War, and is considered the largest naval battle of all time in terms of geographical size, the displacement of ships ordered into combat, and the displacement of ships sunk (the largest naval battle in terms of displacement of ships actually engaged was the Battle of Jutland in WWI). In this battle, the Imperial Japanese Navy sent the bulk of its remaining fleet to try and repel the Allied landing in Leyte, the Philippines, although it was outnumbered by the U.S. Navy in all areas, particularly aircraft carriers. Despite the discrepancy in carrier numbers, the Japanese had approximately 1,400 combat aircraft stationed on the ground in the Philippines, therefore this numerical difference was not as strongly reflected in the air. Ultimately, the battle was a victory for the combined U.S. and Australian forces, who de facto neutralized whatever threat the Imperial Japanese Navy posed for the remainder of the war, and they would use this position to eventually take the Philippines' largest island, Luzon, although fierce fighting in the region would continue until the war's end and at great cost to the civilian population.

In the 1960s, Japan's GDP grew by an average of almost 11 percent per year, outpacing all of the major developed economies of Europe, as well as the United States - although, virtually all developed economies saw significant growth in this decade. The recession of 1973-1975 brought this to an end, and growth fluctuated throughout the decade. GDP growth rates fell in most countries again in the 1980s; however, rates were much more stagnant as countries implemented financial policies that stabilized inflation and unemployment.

Graph and download economic data for U.S. Granted Patents: Total Patents Originating in Japan (PATENT4NJPTOTAL) from 1992 to 2020 about patent granted, patents, intellectual property, origination, foreign, Japan, and USA.

United States Imports from Japan of Motor cars and vehicles for transporting persons was US$40.77 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Japan of Motor cars and vehicles for transporting persons - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

The Japanese Kids Speech database (Lower Grade) contains the total recordings of 179 Japanese Kids speakers (71 males and 108 females), from 6 to 9 years' old (first, second and third graders in elementary school), recorded in quiet rooms using smartphones. This database may be combined with the Japanese Kids Speech database (Upper Grade) also available in the ELRA Catalogue under reference ELRA-S0412.Number of speakers, utterances, duration and age are as follows :Number of speakers 179 (71 male/108 female)Number of utterances (average):325 utterances per speakerTotal number of utterances: 58,214Age: from 6 to 9 years' oldTotal hours of data: 116.61019 sentences were used. Recordings were made through smartphones and audio data stored in .wav files as sequences of 16KHz Mono, 16 bits, Linear PCM.Database:・Audio data: WAV format, 16KHz, 16bit, mono (recorded with smartphone)・Recording scripts: TSV format(tab-delimited), UTF-8 (without BOM)・Transcription data: TSV format(tab-delimited), UTF-8 (without BOM)・Size: 12.9GBNumber of speakers per age:6 years' old: 35 (17 male, 18 female)7 years' old: 58 (26 male, 32 female)8 years' old: 67 (22 male, 45 female)9 years' old: 19 (6 male, 13 female)Structure of database:├─ readme.txt├─ Japanese Kids Speech Database.pdfDescription document of the database├─ Transcription.tsvTranscription├─ scripts.tsvScript│└─ voices/directory of audio data └─ low/directory of lower grade └─(speaker_ID/)directory of speaker ID (six digits) └─(audio_file)audio file (WAV format, 16KHz, 16bit, mono)File naming conventions of audio files are as follows:Field number | Contents | Description | Remarks0 | Language ID | “JA” (fixed) | Japanese1 | Speaker ID | Six digit | 4XXXXX2 | Script ID | LXXXX | XXXX: four digits3 | Age | Two digits4 | Gender | M: male, F: femaleFiled separation character is “_”.For example, if the audio file name is “JA_400001_L0001_07_F.wav, this file has the following meaning:JA: Language ID (Japanese)400001: speaker IDL0001: script ID07: age (seven years old)F: gender (female)

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) conducted JRA-55, the second Japanese global atmospheric reanalysis project. It covers 55 years, extending back to 1958, coinciding with the establishment of the global radiosonde observing system. Compared to its predecessor, JRA-25, JRA-55 is based on a new data assimilation and prediction system (DA) that improves many deficiencies found in the first Japanese reanalysis. These improvements have come about by implementing higher spatial resolution (TL319L60), a new radiation scheme, four-dimensional variational data assimilation (4D-Var) with Variational Bias Correction (VarBC) for satellite radiances, and introduction of greenhouse gases with time varying concentrations.

The entire JRA-55 production was completed in 2013, and thereafter will be continued on a real time basis. Specific early results of quality assessment of JRA-55 indicate that a large temperature bias in the lower stratosphere has been significantly reduced compared to JRA-25 through a combination of the new radiation scheme and application of VarBC (which also reduces unrealistic temperature variations). In addition, a dry land surface anomaly in the Amazon basin has been mitigated, and overall forecast scores are much improved over JRA-25.

Most of the observational data employed in JRA-55 are those used in JRA-25. Additionally, newly reprocessed METEOSAT and GMS data were supplied by EUMETSAT and MSC/JMA respectively. Snow depth data over the United States, Russia and Mongolia were supplied by UCAR, RIHMI and IMH respectively. The Data Support Section (DSS) at NCAR has processed the 1.25 degree version of JRA-55 with the RDA (Research Data Archive) archiving and metadata system. The model resolution data has also been acquired, archived and processed as well, including transformation of the TL319L60 grid to a regular latitude-longitude Gaussian grid (320 latitudes by 640 longitudes, nominally 0.5625 degree). All RDA JRA-55 data is available for internet download, including complete subsetting and data format conversion services.

The benchmark interest rate in Japan was last recorded at 0.50 percent. This dataset provides - Japan Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.