According to a survey conducted in Japan in 2021, around 34.8 percent of male respondents aged between four to eleven years old claimed to participate in sports at least three times, but less than seven times a week, while more than 46 percent stated to exercise at least seven times a week.
Participation rate of boys exercising or doing sports at least three times a week in Japan from 2013 to 2021, by frequency
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Intermediate frequency*
High frequency**
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children who participated in sports during the past year
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
*At least 3 times a week but less than 7 times a week (between 1-155 times/year).
**At least 7 times a week (364 or more times/year).
According to the source, figures prior to 2017 were created with data of 10 to 11 year olds from the 2013 and 2015 National Sports-Life Survey of Teens.
Number of respondents:
2021 n=750
2019 n=792
2017 n=838
2015 n=700
2013 n=808
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Sasakawa Sports Foundation. (April 1, 2022). Participation rate of boys exercising or doing sports at least three times a week in Japan from 2013 to 2021, by frequency [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/922562/japan-boys-sports-participation-rate-intermediate-high-frequency/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. "Participation rate of boys exercising or doing sports at least three times a week in Japan from 2013 to 2021, by frequency." Chart. April 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/922562/japan-boys-sports-participation-rate-intermediate-high-frequency/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. (2022). Participation rate of boys exercising or doing sports at least three times a week in Japan from 2013 to 2021, by frequency. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/922562/japan-boys-sports-participation-rate-intermediate-high-frequency/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. "Participation Rate of Boys Exercising or Doing Sports at Least Three times a Week in Japan from 2013 to 2021, by Frequency." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/922562/japan-boys-sports-participation-rate-intermediate-high-frequency/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation, Participation rate of boys exercising or doing sports at least three times a week in Japan from 2013 to 2021, by frequency Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/922562/japan-boys-sports-participation-rate-intermediate-high-frequency/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Participation rate of boys exercising or doing sports at least three times a week in Japan from 2013 to 2021, by frequency [Graph], Sasakawa Sports Foundation, April 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/922562/japan-boys-sports-participation-rate-intermediate-high-frequency/
