total number of books published in Japan amounted to about 68.6 thousand titles.
More than 14 thousand books related to the social sciences were published in Japan in 2020. Social sciences constituted the biggest category among newly published books, followed by literature as well as art and life books with more than 12 thousand new publications each. In the same year, the Number of new book titles published in Japan in 2020, by category
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Statistics Bureau Japan. (November 22, 2021). Number of new book titles published in Japan in 2020, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/651562/japan-number-new-books-by-genre/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Number of new book titles published in Japan in 2020, by category." Chart. November 22, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/651562/japan-number-new-books-by-genre/
Statistics Bureau Japan. (2021). Number of new book titles published in Japan in 2020, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/651562/japan-number-new-books-by-genre/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Number of New Book Titles Published in Japan in 2020, by Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/651562/japan-number-new-books-by-genre/
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