printed comic books and printed comic magazines, digital comics constitute the Japanese comic market.
The digital comics market size in Japan was estimated at 447.9 billion Japanese yen in 2022, which was an increase of more than 36 billion yen compared to the previous year. Together with Sales value of digital comics in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen)
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Research Institute for Publications. (February 24, 2023). Sales value of digital comics in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 24, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119858/japan-e-comics-market-size/
Research Institute for Publications. "Sales value of digital comics in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. February 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119858/japan-e-comics-market-size/
Research Institute for Publications. (2023). Sales value of digital comics in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119858/japan-e-comics-market-size/
Research Institute for Publications. "Sales Value of Digital Comics in Japan from Fiscal Year 2014 to 2022 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119858/japan-e-comics-market-size/
Research Institute for Publications, Sales value of digital comics in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119858/japan-e-comics-market-size/ (last visited September 24, 2023)
Sales value of digital comics in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Research Institute for Publications, February 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119858/japan-e-comics-market-size/