In a survey conducted in April and May 2021 regarding the consequences of COVID-19 on culture and art activities by artists in Japan during 2020, about 34 percent of respondents in their sixties stated that their income from culture and art activities declined to about 25 percent compared to pre-COVID-19 times. Most respondents, regardless of their age group, reported a decline in revenue.
Artists' change in income from cultural activities in Japan in 2020, by age group
Characteristic
Increase of income from cultural activities
No big change of income from cultural activities
Income from cultural activities declined to about 75 percent of previous amount
Income from cultural activities declined to about 50 percent of previous amount
Income from cultural activities declined to about 25 percent of previous amount
respondents are artists who received financial aid from the support program for continuing cultural and artistic activities
Method of interview
Online interview
Supplementary notes
Respondents by age group:
Younger than 30 years: n=2,398
30 to 39 years: n=6,033
40 to 49 years: n=5,469
50 to 59 years: n=3,017
60 to 69 years: n=1,186
70 years and older: n=267
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Japan Council of Performers Rights & Performing Arts Organizations, & Arts and Culture Forum. (July 8, 2021). Artists' change in income from cultural activities in Japan in 2020, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276417/japan-artists-change-income-cultural-activities-by-age/
Japan Council of Performers Rights & Performing Arts Organizations, und Arts and Culture Forum. "Artists' change in income from cultural activities in Japan in 2020, by age group." Chart. July 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed September 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276417/japan-artists-change-income-cultural-activities-by-age/
Japan Council of Performers Rights & Performing Arts Organizations, Arts and Culture Forum. (2021). Artists' change in income from cultural activities in Japan in 2020, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276417/japan-artists-change-income-cultural-activities-by-age/
Japan Council of Performers Rights & Performing Arts Organizations, and Arts and Culture Forum. "Artists' Change in Income from Cultural Activities in Japan in 2020, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276417/japan-artists-change-income-cultural-activities-by-age/
Japan Council of Performers Rights & Performing Arts Organizations & Arts and Culture Forum, Artists' change in income from cultural activities in Japan in 2020, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276417/japan-artists-change-income-cultural-activities-by-age/ (last visited September 19, 2024)
Artists' change in income from cultural activities in Japan in 2020, by age group [Graph], Japan Council of Performers Rights & Performing Arts Organizations, & Arts and Culture Forum, July 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276417/japan-artists-change-income-cultural-activities-by-age/
