*For this statistic, 5,987 companies were surveyed, of which 3,047 were engaged in the software business.
**Figures are based on an annual industry survey which is conducted after the fiscal year has ended. The Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.67 U.S. dollars or 0.62 euros as of December 2023.
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Share of software businesses Japan FY 2020, by capital size
More than ** percent of software enterprises that were part of the information and communications technologies (ICT) industry in Japan had a capital size between ** to less than 100 million Japanese yen in fiscal year 2020. At the same time, *** percent of companies had a capital size of ** billion yen or more.
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