The domestic cloud services market in Japan, which consists of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS), was estimated at 1.94 trillion Japanese yen in 2023. Based on the assumption that more and more companies would consider to replace legacy systems and invest in solutions which further digital transformation (DX) and data-driven management approaches, it was expected that the market would reach a size of 3.8 trillion yen by 2027.
The Japanese IT industry has come more and more into focus as digitization has increasingly impacted the economy and people’s private lives in recent years. While Japan is known for its advanced technology, it has also been said to exhibit sluggish behavior regarding digital transformation processes. In recent years, the government introduced a number of initiatives which aimed at improving Japan’s position in the digital age. In 2016, the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI), which is part of the Cabinet Office, introduced the concept of “Society 5.0” in its Fifth Science and Technology Basic Plan, which delineated a society in which cyberspace and the physical world are increasingly connected with each other. The realization of Society 5.0 and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games led to increased efforts to improve Japan’s cyber security strategy and to prevent cyber crimes. For all these projects, solutions offered by the IT industry were necessary, providing ample market opportunities for companies engaged in the IT business.
Sales value of the cloud services (IaaS/PaaS) market in Japan from 2021 to 2023 with a forecast until 2027
(in trillion Japanese yen)
IaaS (infrastructure as a service) and PaaS (platform as a service) refer to a cloud computing environment managed on public cloud (by cloud providers) that offers virtualization, automation, and other technologies via internet.
The size of the cloud service market is calculated based on the sales at cloud providers. However, SaaS (software as a service) is not included in the market size.
Research targets were domestic vendors related to cloud services (providers of public cloud and its peripheral services) and domestic private companies, etc.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.66 U.S. dollars or 0.61 euros as of April 2024.
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Yano Research. (April 23, 2024). Sales value of the cloud services (IaaS/PaaS) market in Japan from 2021 to 2023 with a forecast until 2027 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/824531/japan-cloud-platform-services-iaas-and-paas-market-size/
Yano Research. "Sales value of the cloud services (IaaS/PaaS) market in Japan from 2021 to 2023 with a forecast until 2027 (in trillion Japanese yen)." Chart. April 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/824531/japan-cloud-platform-services-iaas-and-paas-market-size/
Yano Research. (2024). Sales value of the cloud services (IaaS/PaaS) market in Japan from 2021 to 2023 with a forecast until 2027 (in trillion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/824531/japan-cloud-platform-services-iaas-and-paas-market-size/
Yano Research. "Sales Value of The Cloud Services (Iaas/Paas) Market in Japan from 2021 to 2023 with a Forecast until 2027 (in Trillion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/824531/japan-cloud-platform-services-iaas-and-paas-market-size/
Yano Research, Sales value of the cloud services (IaaS/PaaS) market in Japan from 2021 to 2023 with a forecast until 2027 (in trillion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/824531/japan-cloud-platform-services-iaas-and-paas-market-size/ (last visited November 05, 2024)
Sales value of the cloud services (IaaS/PaaS) market in Japan from 2021 to 2023 with a forecast until 2027 (in trillion Japanese yen) [Graph], Yano Research, April 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/824531/japan-cloud-platform-services-iaas-and-paas-market-size/