Population and Households in Japan
Japanese Urban Society:
Japan is an urban society with only about 5% of the labor force engaged in agriculture. Many farmers supplement their income with part-time jobs in nearby towns and cities.
About 80 million of the urban population are heavily concentrated on the Pacific shore of Honshu and in northern Kyushu. Metropolitan Tokyo with approximately 12 million; Yokohama with 3,555,473; Osaka 2,624,129; Nagoya 2,190,549; Sapporo 1,854,837; Kobe 1,513,967; Kyoto 1,466,163; Fukuoka 1,325,611; Kawasaki 1,290,426; and Kitakyushu with 1,000,211 each account for part of this population.
Japan faces the same problems that confront urban industrialized societies throughout the world: over-crowded cities, congested highways, air pollution, and rising juvenile delinquency.
Japanese Family:
In many urban business man families, the husband may commute to work
and return late, having little time with his children except for Sundays,
a favorite day for family outings. The wife might be a"professional
housewife," with nearly total responsibility for raising children, ensuring
their careers and marriages, running the household, and managing the
family budget.
In other families, particularly among the self-employed, husband and
wife work side by side in a family business. Although gender-based roles
are clear cut, they might not be as rigidly distinct as in a household
where work and family are more separated.
Population and No. of Households by Prefecture |
(thousand) March 31, 2005 |
| Population | No. of Households | |||
| Prefecture Rank | Total |
Male
|
Female
|
Households
|
| Total | 126,869 |
62,077 |
64,793 |
50,382 |
| Previous Year | 126,824 |
62,087 |
64,737 |
49,834 |
| 1. Tokyo | 12,168 |
6,047 |
6,121 |
5,862 |
| 2. Osaka | 8,651 |
4,224 |
4,427 |
3,692 |
| 3. Kanagawa | 8,644 |
4,373 |
4,271 |
3,654 |
| 4. Aichi | 7,062 |
3,535 |
3,523 |
2,677 |
| 5. Saitama | 6,996 |
3,531 |
3,465 |
2,695 |
| 6. Chiba | 6,014 |
3,021 |
2,993 |
2,379 |
| 7. Hokkaido | 5,632 |
2,689 |
2,943 |
2,545 |
| 8. Hyogo | 5,571 |
2,688 |
2,889 |
2,211 |
| 9. Fukuoka | 5,014 |
2,385 |
2,629 |
2,045 |
| 10. Shizuoka | 3,773 |
1,862 |
1,912 |
1,363 |
| 11. Ibaraki | 2,989 |
1,494 |
1,495 |
1,051 |
| 12. Hiroshima | 2,868 |
1,388 |
1,480 |
1,172 |
| 13. Kyoto | 2,565 |
1,237 |
1,328 |
1,060 |
| 14. Niigata | 2,445 |
1,187 |
1,258 |
816 |
| 15. Miyagi | 2,347 |
1,146 |
1,202 |
865 |
| 16. Nagano | 2,193 |
1,072 |
1,122 |
783 |
| 17. Gifu | 2,108 |
1,028 |
1,080 |
709 |
| 18 .Fukushima | 2,106 |
1,027 |
1,080 |
723 |
| 19. Gunma | 2,021 |
999 |
1.022 |
727 |
| 20. Tochigi | 2,008 |
999 |
1,009 |
711 |
| 21. Okayama | 1,955 |
942 |
1,013 |
739 |
| 22. Mie | 1,858 |
904 |
954 |
681 |
| 23. Kumamoto | 1,858 |
879 |
979 |
696 |
| 24. Kagoshima | 1,763 |
829 |
934 |
764 |
| 25.Yamaguchi | 1,505 |
713 |
792 |
624 |
| 26. Nagasaki | 1,502 |
707 |
795 |
594 |
| 27. Ehime | 1,491 |
707 |
784 |
608 |
| 28. Aomori | 1,467 |
702 |
767 |
555 |
| 29. Nara | 1,435 |
689 |
746 |
530 |
| 30. Iwate | 1,397 |
674 |
723 |
490 |
| 31. Okinawa | 1,372 |
678 |
695 |
511 |
| 32. Shiga | 1,359 |
669 |
690 |
468 |
| 33. Oita | 1,225 |
580 |
645 |
485 |
| 34. Yamagata | 1,219 |
589 |
630 |
390 |
| 35. Miyazaki | 1,173 |
555 |
618 |
479 |
| 36. Ishikawa | 1,172 |
565 |
607 |
420 |
| 37. Akita | 1,164 |
553 |
611 |
412 |
| 38. Toyama | 1,116 |
539 |
578 |
372 |
| 39.Wakayama | 1,067 |
508 |
560 |
414 |
| 40. Kagawa | 1,027 |
495 |
532 |
393 |
| 41.Yamanashi | 881 |
433 |
448 |
322 |
| 42. Saga | 874 |
415 |
459 |
296 |
| 43. Fukui | 822 |
399 |
423 |
262 |
| 44. Tokushima | 819 |
392 |
427 |
307 |
| 45. Kochi | 805 |
380 |
425 |
413 |
| 46. Shimane | 747 |
357 |
391 |
268 |
| 47. Tottori | 612 |
293 |
319 |
218 |
