In the fiscal year 2022, higher education institutions in Japan spent around 3.84 trillion Japanese yen on research and development (R&D), representing an increase from the previous fiscal year. Private institutions utilized around 53.5 percent of the total R&D expenses of tertiary schools.
Research and development (R&D) expenditure of tertiary education institutions in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022
(in trillion Japanese yen)
fiscal year 2013 to 2022; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
Tertiary education institutions refer to university departments including graduate courses, junior colleges, colleges of technology, research institutions and facilities attached to universities, inter-university research institute corporations, and national institutes of technology.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.68 U.S. dollars or 0.63 euros as of February 2024. Figures have been rounded.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (December 15, 2023). Research and development (R&D) expenditure of tertiary education institutions in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196596/japan-research-and-development-expenses-higher-education/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Research and development (R&D) expenditure of tertiary education institutions in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. December 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed January 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196596/japan-research-and-development-expenses-higher-education/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2023). Research and development (R&D) expenditure of tertiary education institutions in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196596/japan-research-and-development-expenses-higher-education/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Research and Development (R&d) Expenditure of Tertiary Education Institutions in Japan from Fiscal Year 2013 to 2022 (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196596/japan-research-and-development-expenses-higher-education/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Research and development (R&D) expenditure of tertiary education institutions in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196596/japan-research-and-development-expenses-higher-education/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 23, 2025)
Research and development (R&D) expenditure of tertiary education institutions in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, December 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196596/japan-research-and-development-expenses-higher-education/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
