| Japan | | |
Time spent for sports (men and women, minutes per day per person) | 10.2 (2016) [29/30countries] | | |
Time spent for sports (men, minutes per day per person) | 13.5 (2016) [29/30countries] | | |
Time spent for sports (women, minutes per day per person) | 7.4 (2016) [27/30countries] | | |
% of those who take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym and going for a walk in their free time several times a week or more | 34.8% (2007) [19/24countries] | | |
% of those who never take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym and going for a walk in their free time | 23.6% (2007) [9/24countries] | | |
% of those who get much enjoyment from taking part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk | 28.5% (2007) [23/24countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that taking part in sports develops children's character | 53.6% (2007) [6/24countries] | | |
% of those who participate in the activities of a sports association/ group at least once a month | 6.7% (2007) [20/24countries] | | |
% of those who belong to a sports, leisure or cultural group | 24.3% (2014) [19/26countries] | | |
% of Grade 4 students who play sports for less than 1 hour per day | 43.2% (2007) [3/19countries] | | |
% of Grade 4 students who play sports for more than 2 hours per day | 26.7% (2007) [15/19countries] | | |
% of Grade 8 students who play sports for less than 1 hour per day | 46.8% (2007) [4/17countries] | | |
% of Grade 8 students who play sports for more than 2 hours per day | 28.0% (2007) [12/17countries] | | |
% of those who take part in walking (e.g. walking, nordic, trekking, climbing) most frequently among sports or physical activities | 32.9% (2007) [19/24countries] | | |
% of those who take part in golf or minigolf most frequently among sports or physical activities | 11.8% (2007) [1/24countries] | | |
% of those who take part in fitness (aerobics, exercise, machine-training, work-out) most frequently among sports or physical activities | 8.2% (2007) [22/24countries] | | |
% of those who take part in baseball or softball most frequently among sports or physical activities | 5.6% (2007) [1/24countries] | | |
% of those who take part in jogging most frequently among sports or physical activities | 4.9% (2007) [14/24countries] | | |
% of those who take part in tennis most frequently among sports or physical activities | 4.5% (2007) [1/24countries] | | |
% of those who take part in marine sports most frequently among sports or physical activities | 3.5% (2007) [16/24countries] | | |
% of those who take part in volleyball most frequently among sports or physical activities | 3.3% (2007) [2/24countries] | | |
% of those who take part in football or soccer most frequently among sports or physical activities | 3.3% (2007) [18/24countries] | | |
% of those who attend sporting events as a spectator in their free time several times a month or more | 3.1% (2007) [24/24countries] | | |
% of those who watch baseball most frequently on TV among sports | 39.8% (2007) [1/24countries] | | |
% of those who watch football or soccer most frequently on TV among sports | 16.6% (2007) [19/24countries] | | |
% of those who watch volleyball most frequently on TV among sports | 13.4% (2007) [1/24countries] | | |
% of those who watch martial arts (boxing, wrestling, judo, etc.) most frequently on TV among sports | 8.6% (2007) [2/24countries] | | |
% of those who watch golf or minigolf most frequently on TV among sports | 8.1% (2007) [1/24countries] | | |
% of those who watch ice-skating most frequently on TV among sports | 5.5% (2007) [5/24countries] | | |
% of those who watch athletics (running, long-/high-jumping, etc.) or marathon most frequently on TV among sports | 3.8% (2007) [4/24countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that there is too much sport on TV | 11.9% (2007) [24/24countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that sports bring different groups and races inside the country closer | 77.2% (2007) [10/24countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that international sports competitions create more tension between countries than good feelings | 20.4% (2007) [11/24countries] | | |
% of those who are proud of their country in its achievements in sports | 91.7% (2013) [3/26countries] | | |
% of those who are proud of their country by sports | 88.8% (2013) [2/26countries] | | |
% of those who think that physical or mental health is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 34.9% (2007) [24/24countries] | | |
% of those who think that meeting other people is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 8.2% (2007) [24/24countries] | | |
% of those who think that competing against others is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 3.0% (2007) [22/24countries] | | |
% of those who think that looking good is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 3.8% (2007) [23/24countries] | | |