In 2024, Japan registered * new marriages per 1,000 inhabitants. The marriage rate slightly ********* compared to the previous year for the first time after 2019.

Vital Statistics (VS): Japanese Only: Marriage: Total data was reported at 606,863.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 620,531.000 Person for 2016. Vital Statistics (VS): Japanese Only: Marriage: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 774,702.000 Person from Dec 1947 (Median) to 2017, with 71 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,099,984.000 Person in 1972 and a record low of 606,863.000 Person in 2017. Vital Statistics (VS): Japanese Only: Marriage: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G010: Vital Statistics: Marriage.

Approximately ******* divorces were registered in Japan in 2023, down from around ******* divorces in 2014. The number of marriages in Japan also decreased considerably in the last decade.

In 2023, Tokyo Prefecture registered *** new marriages per 1,000 inhabitants, down from about *** marriages in the previous year. The marriage rate did not exceed *** marriages per 1,000 in 2020 for the first time in the last decade.

In 2024, Japan registered 4 new marriages per 1,000 inhabitants. The marriage rate slightly increased compared to the previous year for the first time after 2019.

VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FW: Thailand data was reported at 970.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 938.000 Person for 2015. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FW: Thailand data is updated yearly, averaging 1,585.000 Person from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2016, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,137.000 Person in 2000 and a record low of 938.000 Person in 2015. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FW: Thailand data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G010: Vital Statistics: Marriage.

Vital Statistics: Japanese Only: Marriage data was reported at 50,412.000 Person in Jul 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 41,508.000 Person for Jun 2018. Vital Statistics: Japanese Only: Marriage data is updated monthly, averaging 59,105.000 Person from Jan 1990 (Median) to Jul 2018, with 343 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 93,809.000 Person in Nov 1999 and a record low of 31,916.000 Person in Aug 1990. Vital Statistics: Japanese Only: Marriage data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G005: Vital Statistics.

VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: Foreign Husband (FH) data was reported at 6,329.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 6,167.000 Person for 2015. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: Foreign Husband (FH) data is updated yearly, averaging 6,097.500 Person from Dec 1965 (Median) to 2016, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,708.000 Person in 2006 and a record low of 2,570.000 Person in 1977. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: Foreign Husband (FH) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G010: Vital Statistics: Marriage.

VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FH: China data was reported at 790.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 748.000 Person for 2015. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FH: China data is updated yearly, averaging 733.000 Person from Dec 1965 (Median) to 2016, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,104.000 Person in 2004 and a record low of 158.000 Person in 1965. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FH: China data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G010: Vital Statistics: Marriage.

In 2023, Japan registered 3.9 new marriages per 1,000 inhabitants. The marriage rate shifted back to a downward trend after a slight increase in 2019.

VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FH: USA data was reported at 1,059.000 Person in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,127.000 Person for 2015. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FH: USA data is updated yearly, averaging 1,205.500 Person from Dec 1965 (Median) to 2016, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,592.000 Person in 1965 and a record low of 539.000 Person in 1977. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FH: USA data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G010: Vital Statistics: Marriage.

In a survey conducted in June 2021, **** percent of married women in Japan agreed with the statement, that one should have personal goals even after getting married. Meanwhile, **** percent of the respondents disagreed with the view, that husbands should work and wives should take care of the home after marriage.

VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: Foreign Wife (FW) data was reported at 14,851.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 14,809.000 Person for 2015. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: Foreign Wife (FW) data is updated yearly, averaging 16,320.000 Person from Dec 1965 (Median) to 2016, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 35,993.000 Person in 2006 and a record low of 1,067.000 Person in 1965. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: Foreign Wife (FW) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G010: Vital Statistics: Marriage.

VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FW: Brazil data was reported at 216.000 Person in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 277.000 Person for 2015. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FW: Brazil data is updated yearly, averaging 290.000 Person from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2016, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 645.000 Person in 1992 and a record low of 209.000 Person in 2012. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FW: Brazil data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G010: Vital Statistics: Marriage.

VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FW: China data was reported at 5,526.000 Person in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5,730.000 Person for 2015. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FW: China data is updated yearly, averaging 4,612.500 Person from Dec 1965 (Median) to 2016, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13,936.000 Person in 2001 and a record low of 121.000 Person in 1965. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FW: China data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G010: Vital Statistics: Marriage.

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PERIOD: By type of marriage, 1921-1930. By region in 1930. By age class during 1915-1930 . SOURCE: [Survey by the Statistics Bureau, Imperial Cabinet].

PERIOD: 1921-1930. SOURCE: [Survey by the Statistics Bureau, Imperial Cabinet].

VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FH: Others data was reported at 2,012.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,829.000 Person for 2015. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FH: Others data is updated yearly, averaging 1,212.500 Person from Dec 1965 (Median) to 2016, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,783.000 Person in 2004 and a record low of 211.000 Person in 1965. VS: Japanese Only: Marriage: International: FH: Others data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G010: Vital Statistics: Marriage.

In 2022, Tokyo Prefecture was the prefecture with the highest number of marriage registrations in Japan with approximately ***** thousand registrations. Osaka Prefecture came in second with about ***** thousand registrations.