Japan: vacancy rate of stores in shopping districts 2021

According to a survey, around 13.6 percent of stores in shopping districts across Japan were vacant in the fiscal year 2021. The vacancy rate of shops in shopping districts slightly declined compared to fiscal year 2018.

Vacancy rate of stores in shopping districts in Japan from fiscal year 2003 to 2021

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal years 2003 to 2021; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year

Number of respondents

4,044 shopping districts*

Special properties

postal and online survey

Supplementary notes

*Number of respondents for the fiscal year 2021.
Shopping districts are defined as 1) districts formed by the shops of proprietors engaged in retail and service businesses, 2) that form some kind of organization (a shopping street promotion association, a store association, etc., regardless of whether it has legal status or not, and regardless of the type of organization).

Vacancy rate= total number of vacant stores in all shopping districts / total number of stores in all shopping districts.
Vacant stores are defined as former stores that are now vacant (vacant land, vacant buildings, vacant warehouses, etc.).

Figures prior to fiscal year 2006 are from previous reports.

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