Japan: non-residential wooden construction floor area 2025

In the fiscal year 2021, non-residential wooden construction starts in Japan reached a floor area of 3.53 million square meters. The market was forecast to increase, with construction starts of around 4.4 million square meters in fiscal year 2025. Wood has traditionally been an important building material in Japan and is still commonly utilized for the construction of detached houses. The Japanese government has been promoting the use of wood in public constructions below a certain height.

Floor area of non-residential wooden construction in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 with a forecast until 2025 (in million square meters)

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal years 2012 to 2021; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year

Supplementary notes

*Forecasts.

Research targets were businesses engaged in non-residential wooden building construction (general constructors, home builders, laminated wood makers, building material manufacturers, etc.).
The floor area has been calculated using data on construction starts for industrial buildings. These include offices, shops, factories, warehouses, school buildings, and hospitals and clinics.

Values have been rounded.

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