The statistic illustrates the results of a survey conducted in October 2016 about the weekly average time spent on tertiary activities among people living in Japan, sorted by activity. The survey revealed that the respondents spent the majority of their time for tertiary activities on TV, radio or print media consumption, with an average of around 138 minutes or two hours and 18 minutes per day. In contrast, only four minutes were spent on volunteer or social activities on average.
Weekly average time spent on tertiary activities among people in Japan in 2016, by activity
(in minutes)
foreigners living in Japan are included; working and nonworking population included
Method of interview
Questionnaire and personal interview
Supplementary notes
Data prior to 2016 comes from previous surveys. The Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities has been conducted every five years.
Publication date given here is the day of the last update.
Profit from additional features by authenticating your Admin account
Please authenticate by going to "My account" → "Administration".
Then you will be able to mark statistics as favourites and use personal statistics alerts.
This feature is limited to our corporate solutions.
Please contact us to get started with full access to dossiers, forecasts, studies and international data.
Corporate Account
Statista Accounts:
Access All Statistics. Starting from $468 / Year
Basic Account
Get to know the platform
You only have access to basic statistics.
This statistic is not included in your account.
Single Account
The ideal entry-level account for individual users
Instant access to 1m statistics
Download in XLS, PDF & PNG format
Detailed references
$59$39 / Month *
in the first 12 months
Corporate Account
Full access
Corporate solution including all features.
* All products require an annual contract; Prices do not include sales tax.
Statista Accounts:
Access All Statistics. Starting from $468 / Year
Learn more about how Statista can support your business.
Statistics Bureau Japan. (September 20, 2017). Weekly average time spent on tertiary activities among people in Japan in 2016, by activity (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 26, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/868360/japan-time-spent-tertiary-activities-weekly-average-by-activity/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Weekly average time spent on tertiary activities among people in Japan in 2016, by activity (in minutes)." Chart. September 20, 2017. Statista. Accessed September 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/868360/japan-time-spent-tertiary-activities-weekly-average-by-activity/
Statistics Bureau Japan. (2017). Weekly average time spent on tertiary activities among people in Japan in 2016, by activity (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/868360/japan-time-spent-tertiary-activities-weekly-average-by-activity/
Statistics Bureau Japan. "Weekly Average Time Spent on Tertiary Activities among People in Japan in 2016, by Activity (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Sep 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/868360/japan-time-spent-tertiary-activities-weekly-average-by-activity/
Statistics Bureau Japan, Weekly average time spent on tertiary activities among people in Japan in 2016, by activity (in minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/868360/japan-time-spent-tertiary-activities-weekly-average-by-activity/ (last visited September 26, 2020)
We use cookies to personalize contents and ads, offer social media features, and analyze access to our website. In your browser settings you can configure or disable this, respectively, and can delete any already placed cookies. For details, please see your browser’s Help section (by pressing F1). Please see our privacy statement for details about how we use data.
