In 2015, around 81 percent of fixed-term commutation ticket users in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area went to work, while 19 percent attended school. This distribution was the most uneven among the three major metropolitan areas in the country.
Distribution between railway users commuting to work or attending school in Japan's three major metropolitan areas in 2015, by area
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based on fixed-term commutation ticket sales converted into users per day-one-way trip
Supplementary notes
In the survey, the metropolitan areas comprised the following prefectures:
Greater Tokyo Area: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Gunma, Tochigi, and Yamanashi.
Chukyo Metropolitan Area: Aichi, Gifu, and Mie (northeastern part).
Kinki Metropolitan Area: Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama, and Mie (Iga City, Nabari City).
The survey limited the areas above to municipalities meeting the following criteria:
Railway commute time within 120-minutes to Tokyo Station or Osaka Station, or 90-minutes to Nagoya Station.
At least a three-percent share of commuters, but at least 500 people, working or attending school in the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Nagoya, or Osaka City.
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MLIT (Japan). (March 31, 2017). Distribution between railway users commuting to work or attending school in Japan's three major metropolitan areas in 2015, by area [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317632/japan-ratio-work-school-railway-commuters-by-major-metropolitan-area/
MLIT (Japan). "Distribution between railway users commuting to work or attending school in Japan's three major metropolitan areas in 2015, by area." Chart. March 31, 2017. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317632/japan-ratio-work-school-railway-commuters-by-major-metropolitan-area/
MLIT (Japan). (2017). Distribution between railway users commuting to work or attending school in Japan's three major metropolitan areas in 2015, by area. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317632/japan-ratio-work-school-railway-commuters-by-major-metropolitan-area/
MLIT (Japan). "Distribution between Railway Users Commuting to Work or Attending School in Japan's Three Major Metropolitan Areas in 2015, by Area." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317632/japan-ratio-work-school-railway-commuters-by-major-metropolitan-area/
MLIT (Japan), Distribution between railway users commuting to work or attending school in Japan's three major metropolitan areas in 2015, by area Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317632/japan-ratio-work-school-railway-commuters-by-major-metropolitan-area/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Distribution between railway users commuting to work or attending school in Japan's three major metropolitan areas in 2015, by area [Graph], MLIT (Japan), March 31, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317632/japan-ratio-work-school-railway-commuters-by-major-metropolitan-area/