In 2024, construction starts of wood frame structure buildings in Japan covered a floor area of around 43.9 million square meters, accounting for over 42 percent of the total floor space of building construction starts. Steel structure buildings followed, with a floor space of around 36.8 million square meters.
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Floor area of building construction starts in Japan from 2015 to 2024, by structure
(in 1,000 square meters)
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e-Stat (Japan). (January 31, 2025). Floor area of building construction starts in Japan from 2015 to 2024, by structure (in 1,000 square meters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341982/japan-floor-space-building-construction-starts-by-structure/
e-Stat (Japan). "Floor area of building construction starts in Japan from 2015 to 2024, by structure (in 1,000 square meters)." Chart. January 31, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341982/japan-floor-space-building-construction-starts-by-structure/
e-Stat (Japan). (2025). Floor area of building construction starts in Japan from 2015 to 2024, by structure (in 1,000 square meters). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341982/japan-floor-space-building-construction-starts-by-structure/
e-Stat (Japan). "Floor Area of Building Construction Starts in Japan from 2015 to 2024, by Structure (in 1,000 Square Meters)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341982/japan-floor-space-building-construction-starts-by-structure/
e-Stat (Japan), Floor area of building construction starts in Japan from 2015 to 2024, by structure (in 1,000 square meters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341982/japan-floor-space-building-construction-starts-by-structure/ (last visited June 29, 2025)
Floor area of building construction starts in Japan from 2015 to 2024, by structure (in 1,000 square meters) [Graph], e-Stat (Japan), January 31, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341982/japan-floor-space-building-construction-starts-by-structure/
