The statistic displays the number of new foreign magazine titles added to academic libraries in Japan from 2009 to 2018. In 2018, the volume of foreign journal accessions in university libraries in Japan amounted to approximately *** thousand copies, down from about *** thousand new magazine purchases in 2009.
All data are as of preceding fiscal year; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year. Data prior to 2013 comes from previous reporting.
Figures include national, public and private universities.
Data prior to 2016 comes from previous reporting.
Values have been rounded.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (November 23, 2019). Number of new foreign magazine titles added to academic libraries in Japan from 2009 to 2018 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/710266/japan-university-libraries-foreign-journal-accession-volume/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of new foreign magazine titles added to academic libraries in Japan from 2009 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Chart. November 23, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/710266/japan-university-libraries-foreign-journal-accession-volume/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2019). Number of new foreign magazine titles added to academic libraries in Japan from 2009 to 2018 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/710266/japan-university-libraries-foreign-journal-accession-volume/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of New Foreign Magazine Titles Added to Academic Libraries in Japan from 2009 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/710266/japan-university-libraries-foreign-journal-accession-volume/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Number of new foreign magazine titles added to academic libraries in Japan from 2009 to 2018 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/710266/japan-university-libraries-foreign-journal-accession-volume/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Number of new foreign magazine titles added to academic libraries in Japan from 2009 to 2018 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, November 23, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/710266/japan-university-libraries-foreign-journal-accession-volume/
