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The Cultura in Japan
Domesticated Land in 2000 and 1975
(Agricultural Land & Urban Land)

NATION          
In hectares x1,000        
  Agriculture Urban Cultura Open Space Land Area
1975 5,760 1,240 7,000 29,470 36,470
2000 4,910 1,790 6,700 29,740 36,440
           
Share          
1975 15.8% 3.4% 19.2% 80.8% 100.0%
2000 13.5% 4.9% 18.4% 81.6% 100.0%
           
WITHIN THREE LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS  
Tokyo-Yokohama, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto and Nagoya  
  Agriculture Urban Cultura Open Space Land Area
1975 810 430 1,240 3,920 5,160
2000 630 590 1,220 3,960 5,180
           
Share          
1975 15.7% 8.3% 24.0% 76.0% 100.0%
2000 12.2% 11.4% 23.6% 76.4% 100.0%
           
Data source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport  
http://tochi.mlit.go.jp/h14hakusho/setsu_1-2-1_eng.html  

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