In 2022, around 47 percent of children at preschool age in Japan played with toys and scale models, declining only slightly compared to the previous iteration of the survey. The Japanese toy market offers various types of scale models depicting objects like vehicles and animals, and fictional characters of popular media franchises.
Share of children playing with toys and scale models in Japan from 1995 to 2022
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figures are based on surveys conducted every five years*
Supplementary notes
*The survey was conducted in February or March of each stated year. Figures were calculated based on the response of mothers with children aged one year and six months to six years, living in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area (Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama).
The 2022 survey was conducted online, while previous iterations were postal questionnaires. The number of respondents for each iteration was as followed:
1995: n=1,659
2000: n=1,570
2005: n=2,258
2010: n=2,839
2015: n=3,287
2022: n=3,410
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Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute. (January 17, 2023). Share of children playing with toys and scale models in Japan from 1995 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421932/japan-share-children-play-toys-model/
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Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute. (2023). Share of children playing with toys and scale models in Japan from 1995 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421932/japan-share-children-play-toys-model/
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