Zaisei Zukan
The finances of every Japanese municipality and prefecture, with ten-year trends and peer comparisons.
What you can find
Revenue and spending
Taxes, money from the national government and borrowing, and spending on welfare, education, roads and more — per resident.
Debt and savings
Outstanding local bonds and reserve funds per resident, with ten-year charts.
Fiscal health
Fiscal capability index, current balance ratio, real debt service ratio and future burden ratio, ranked nationally and within the prefecture.
Peer comparison
Figures sit next to the median of places of the same type and similar population, and you can compare two places side by side.
Governors, mayors and elections
Names of governors and mayors, when they took office, their term and when it ends, and upcoming elections nationwide.
Summaries and rankings
Summaries written by AI from the figures, and national rankings for each indicator.
Who it's for
- Residents who want to know how their town spends its taxes
- People comparing the finances of towns before moving
- Voters checking a town's finances before an election for mayor or governor
Data
- Sources
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: municipal financial statements (FY2015 onward)
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: prefectural financial statements
- Updates
- Updated once a year when the ministry publishes new data (usually autumn to winter). Ten years of history are available.
- Coverage
- 1,741 municipalities47 prefecturesAs of October 2026
Links with the other Zukan sites
- Places
- by prefecture and municipality
Pages about the same company, person or place link to each other across the sites.