Mobile-cellular subscriptions

STO-REC-STAT8W16XDT1 Official
237.5 million

Japan · as of 31 Mar 2026

Mobile-cellular subscriptions in Japan reached 237.5 million as of 31 March 2026 (MIC).

Original source
Publisher
MIC
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
gt01020101.csv, row 令和7年度末, column 携帯電話・PHS合計 - 加入数
Retrieved
14 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

,令和7年度末,"237,454,140",188.24%,3.33%,0.96%,-,-,-,"237,454,140",188.24%,3.33%

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APA
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. (2026). 携帯・PHSの加入契約数の推移(単純合算) (Trends in mobile phone and PHS subscription contracts). Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/field/tsuushin02.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8W16XDFZ3TMMWXHQ7A33BF6XTQ
MLA
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. "携帯・PHSの加入契約数の推移(単純合算) (Trends in mobile phone and PHS subscription contracts)." 2026, https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/field/tsuushin02.html. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8W16XDFZ3TMMWXHQ7A33BF6XTQ.
Chicago
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. "携帯・PHSの加入契約数の推移(単純合算) (Trends in mobile phone and PHS subscription contracts)." 2026. https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/field/tsuushin02.html. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8W16XDFZ3TMMWXHQ7A33BF6XTQ.
BibTeX
@misc{mic2026mobilebf6xtq, author = {{Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications}}, title = {携帯・PHSの加入契約数の推移(単純合算) (Trends in mobile phone and PHS subscription contracts)}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8W16XDFZ3TMMWXHQ7A33BF6XTQ}, note = {Original source: https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/field/tsuushin02.html. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
携帯・PHSの加入契約数の推移(単純合算) (Trends in mobile phone and PHS subscription contracts)
Type
Dataset
Published
Locator
gt01020101.csv, row 令和7年度末, column 携帯電話・PHS合計 - 加入数
Retrieved
14 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
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Review protocol
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Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_8W16XDFZ3TMMWXHQ7A33BF6XTQ