Japan Books Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast, 2017-2026
Summary
Books in Japan industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2017-21, and forecast to 2026). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
Key Highlights
- The books market is comprised of the value of total retail sales of physical and digital. The physical segment of the books market includes atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, text books, guidebooks, musical scores, maps, fiction and non-fiction. The digital segment of the books market consists of electronic books which can be read on computers or other electronic devices such as tablets. Other segment includes magazines, download audio, physical audio and other not included in the above segments.
- The Japanese books market had total revenues of $12.0bn in 2021, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1% between 2016 and 2021.
- The Physical segment was the market's most lucrative in 2021, with total revenues of $6.5bn, equivalent to 53.8% of the market's overall value.
- Some publishers in the country are finding new ways to connect readers with books, such as operating independent online stores and offering book deliveries to sustain the impacts of pandemic and increasing competition.
- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the books market in Japan
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the books market in Japan
- Leading company profiles reveal details of key books market players’ global operations and financial performance
- Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Japan books market with five year forecasts
- What was the size of the Japan books market by value in 2021?
- What will be the size of the Japan books market in 2026?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Japan books market?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- What are the main segments that make up Japan's books market?
- 1 Executive Summary
- 1.1. Market value
- 1.2. Market value forecast
- 1.3. Category segmentation
- 1.4. Geography segmentation
- 1.5. Market rivalry
- 1.6. Competitive Landscape
- 2 Market Overview
- 2.1. Market definition
- 2.2. Market analysis
- 3 Market Data
- 3.1. Market value
- 4 Market Segmentation
- 4.1. Category segmentation
- 4.2. Geography segmentation
- 5 Market Outlook
- 5.1. Market value forecast
- 6 Five Forces Analysis
- 6.1. Summary
- 6.2. Buyer power
- 6.3. Supplier power
- 6.4. New entrants
- 6.5. Threat of substitutes
- 6.6. Degree of rivalry
- 7 Competitive Landscape
- 7.1. Who are the leading players?
- 7.2. What strategies have leading players followed in recent years?
- 7.3. How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected leading players?
- 7.4. What have been the most significant mergers/acquisitions recently?
- 8 Company Profiles
- 8.1. Kinokuniya Company Ltd.
- 8.2. Maruzen Co Ltd
- 8.3. Amazon.com, Inc.
- 9 Macroeconomic Indicators
- 9.1. Country data
- 10 Appendix
- 10.1. Methodology
- 10.2. Industry associations
- 10.3. Related MarketLine research
- 10.4. About MarketLine
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Japan books market value: $ million, 2016-21
- Table 2: Japan books market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2016-2021
- Table 3: Japan books market category segmentation: $ million, 2016-2021
- Table 4: Japan books market geography segmentation: $ million, 2021
- Table 5: Japan books market value forecast: $ million, 2021-26
- Table 6: Kinokuniya Company Ltd.: key facts
- Table 7: Kinokuniya Company Ltd.: Key Employees
- Table 8: Maruzen Co Ltd: key facts
- Table 9: Maruzen Co Ltd: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 10: Maruzen Co Ltd: Key Employees
- Table 11: Amazon.com, Inc.: key facts
- Table 12: Amazon.com, Inc.: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 13: Amazon.com, Inc.: Key Employees
- Table 14: Amazon.com, Inc.: Key Employees Continued
- Table 15: Japan size of population (million), 2017-21
- Table 16: Japan gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2017-21
- Table 17: Japan gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2017-21
- Table 18: Japan inflation, 2017-21
- Table 19: Japan consumer price index (absolute), 2017-21
- Table 20: Japan exchange rate, 2017-21
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Japan books market value: $ million, 2016-21
- Figure 2: Japan books market category segmentation: $ million, 2016-2021
- Figure 3: Japan books market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2021
- Figure 4: Japan books market value forecast: $ million, 2021-26
- Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the books market in Japan, 2021
- Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the books market in Japan, 2021
- Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the books market in Japan, 2021
- Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the books market in Japan, 2021
- Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the books market in Japan, 2021
- Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the books market in Japan, 2021
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