The total number of new book titles published in Japan amounted to about 68.6 thousand in 2020, which represented a decrease of more than three thousand titles compared to the previous year. In the same year, the leading categories among newly published books in Japan were social sciences, literature, and arts and life books.
Total number of new book titles published in Japan from 2015 to 2020
(in 1,000s)
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Statistics Bureau Japan. (November 22, 2021). Total number of new book titles published in Japan from 2015 to 2020 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 27, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/651545/japan-number-new-books/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Total number of new book titles published in Japan from 2015 to 2020 (in 1,000s)." Chart. November 22, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 27, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/651545/japan-number-new-books/
Statistics Bureau Japan. (2021). Total number of new book titles published in Japan from 2015 to 2020 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 27, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/651545/japan-number-new-books/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Total Number of New Book Titles Published in Japan from 2015 to 2020 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/651545/japan-number-new-books/
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