According to a survey conducted in 2021, close to 22 percent of respondents in Japan aged between 12 to 21 years old claimed to participate in sports at least five times a week, while an almost equal amount of respondents stated that they exercised at least five times a week for 120 minutes and with more than moderate intensity. The rate of young Japanese people participating in sports with high frequency gradually declined over the years.
Participation rate of young people in Japan exercising or doing sports at least five times per week from 2013 to 2021, by level
respondents who participated in sports during the past year
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
*At least 5 times a week (260 times or more/year).
**At least 5 times a week (260 times or more/year) with a duration of 120 minutes, and with more than moderate intensity.
According to the source, data prior to 2017 were created with data of 12 to 19 year old respondents from the 2013 and 2015 National Sports-Life Survey of Teens.
Number of respondents:
2021 n=1,663
2019 n=1,675
2017 n=1,636
2015 n=1,453
2013 n=1,510.
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Sasakawa Sports Foundation. (April 1, 2022). Participation rate of young people in Japan exercising or doing sports at least five times per week from 2013 to 2021, by level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/922582/japan-teenager-sports-participation-rate-five-times-per-week-intensity/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. "Participation rate of young people in Japan exercising or doing sports at least five times per week from 2013 to 2021, by level." Chart. April 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/922582/japan-teenager-sports-participation-rate-five-times-per-week-intensity/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. (2022). Participation rate of young people in Japan exercising or doing sports at least five times per week from 2013 to 2021, by level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/922582/japan-teenager-sports-participation-rate-five-times-per-week-intensity/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. "Participation Rate of Young People in Japan Exercising or Doing Sports at Least Five times per Week from 2013 to 2021, by Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/922582/japan-teenager-sports-participation-rate-five-times-per-week-intensity/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation, Participation rate of young people in Japan exercising or doing sports at least five times per week from 2013 to 2021, by level Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/922582/japan-teenager-sports-participation-rate-five-times-per-week-intensity/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Participation rate of young people in Japan exercising or doing sports at least five times per week from 2013 to 2021, by level [Graph], Sasakawa Sports Foundation, April 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/922582/japan-teenager-sports-participation-rate-five-times-per-week-intensity/
