Education and growing up
School pathways, and how the chances after school differ by place and generation.
Country Life Enrichment
Life in Japan
Life Simulation AvailableNew experiences in development
Japan Wave 11 is research into education, work, household life, and recent historical change. It is being reviewed for the simulator. It is not a set of new experiences you can play yet.
What makes a life in Japan different?
Work and careers
The jobs people can find, and how working life is organized.
Family and everyday life
Households, care, and the responsibilities a family carries.
Life across generations
How the same country can mean a very different daily life, depending on the year of birth.
Latest enhancements
This round is research, not a release. New country-specific experiences will be marked here when they are actually in the simulator.
Research is in hand. It has not been released as playable experiences yet.
Research and data sources
A source is named here only after its table, year, and link have been checked for this place. Supporting research is not the same as an experience you can already play.
Supporting country research
School Basic Survey 2025—high school graduates destination by prefecture
Publisher MEXT / e-Stat · Year observed 2025
Table ey-289
Who and what was counted 2025 high school graduates by prefecture, full-time / part-time schools
Supporting country research
School Basic Survey 2025—employed graduate occupational structure
Publisher MEXT / e-Stat · Year observed 2025
Table 292
Who and what was counted 2025 occupations among employed high-school graduates, national-level
Supporting country research
School Basic Survey 2025—industry × prefecture among employed high-school graduates
Publisher MEXT / e-Stat · Year observed 2025
Table 294
Who and what was counted 2025 prefecture × industry among employed high-school graduates
Supporting country research
School Basic Survey 2025—latter-course secondary schools industry × prefecture
Publisher MEXT / e-Stat · Year observed 2025
Table 319
Who and what was counted 2025 school industry survey for latter-course secondary schools
The direct table link is still being confirmed, so it is not listed.
Supporting country research
Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions 2024—income year 2023
Publisher MHLW · Year observed 2023
Who and what was counted 2023 household income, from the 2024 survey
What these numbers are not
Statistics describe groups, not the certain future of one person. Observed figures, estimates, model assumptions, and fictional events in a life are different things. Where a reliable personal probability is missing, that gap stays visible.