The statistic presents the number of drugstores in the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan from 2002 to 2014. In 2002, there were over four thousand drugstores operating in Greater Tokyo. This number decreased to approximately 3.7 thousand drugstores in 2014.
Number of drugstores in the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan from 2002 to 2014
The Greater Tokyo Area comprises of Tokyo Metropolitan, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba Prefectures.
Figures are based on the Census of Commerce by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The product categories are based on the classification defined by the METI.
The source defines drugstores stores as followed: "Self-service stores dealing drugs, cosmetics, household goods and processed foods. Handling drugs (excluding dispensing pharmacies) mainly until 2007."
The source provides the following information: 'Because industrial classification and investigative method was changed, the figures for 2014 have no data continuty from previous investigation."
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Mitsui Fudosan. (December 1, 2016). Number of drugstores in the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan from 2002 to 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 16, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/671193/japan-drugstore-numbers-greater-toyko/
Mitsui Fudosan. "Number of drugstores in the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan from 2002 to 2014." Chart. December 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed August 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/671193/japan-drugstore-numbers-greater-toyko/
Mitsui Fudosan. (2016). Number of drugstores in the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan from 2002 to 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/671193/japan-drugstore-numbers-greater-toyko/
Mitsui Fudosan. "Number of Drugstores in The Greater Tokyo Area in Japan from 2002 to 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/671193/japan-drugstore-numbers-greater-toyko/
Mitsui Fudosan, Number of drugstores in the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan from 2002 to 2014 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/671193/japan-drugstore-numbers-greater-toyko/ (last visited August 16, 2022)
