Media Stats: compare key data on Japan & Laos

Definitions

Households with television: Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users (per 100 people). Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people: Internet users. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Internet > Users per 1000: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Personal computers > Per capita: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Personal computers per 1000: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people: Daily newspapers refer to those published at least four times a week and calculated as average circulation (or copies printed) per 1,000 people."
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people: Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Televisions: The total number of televisions
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Personal computers: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
Active military personnel: Active military.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Hosts per 1000: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Number of PCs per million: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
Cinema > Number of cinemas: Number of cinemas.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.
Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
Mobile phones: Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Arabsat -
Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering:
Indicates whether websites that express views in opposition to those of the current government (mainly on issues of human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements) are censored or blocked. This is determined by accessing websites with provocative or objectionable content in English from within the country in question as well as from a place known to have no filtering regime. The retrieved content is then compared and scanned for discrepancies. Possible differences in blocking behavior across different ISPs is considered, as well as normal connectivity problems.

Values

“per”, pervasive filtering: A large portion of the targeted content in several categories is blocked.

“sub”, substantial filtering: Either a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or a low level of filtering is carried out across many categories.

“sel”, selective filtering: A small number of specific sites across a few categories are blocked, or filtering that targets a single category or issue is present.

“sus”, suspected filtering: Connectivity abnormalities suggest the presence of filtering, but no conclusive proof of deliberate tampering could be found.

“ne”, no evidence of filtering or blocking.

“nd”, no data.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists, female per million people: Newspaper journalists (headcounts), Female. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month: Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people: Number of cinemas. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
Internet > Broadband subscribers: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
Number of PCs: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions: Mobile subscriptions Number.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
Internet > Secure Internet servers: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based film distribution companies.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Telecommunications > Country calling code:
The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.
Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration: Mobile subscriptions %.
E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists: Number of newspaper journalists by country.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone lines: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists, female: Newspaper journalists (headcounts), Female.
Newspapers > Female newspaper journalists: Number of female newspaper journalists by country.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines (per 100 people). Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month: Price basket for residential fixed line is calculated as one-fifth of the installation charge, the monthly subscription charge, and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls of three minutes each).
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month: Price basket for mobile is calculated as the pre-paid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. It also includes 30 text messages per month.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Female newspaper journalists per million people: Number of female newspaper journalists by country. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Newspapers > Male newspaper journalists per million people: Number of male newspaper journalists by country. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people: Newspaper journalists (headcounts) per 1,000,000 inhabitants.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people). Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalist gender ratio: Number of female newspaper journalists for every 100 male newspaper journalists.
Newspapers > Male newspaper journalists: Number of male newspaper journalists by country.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code: Country Code.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.

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STAT	Japan	Laos
Broadcast media	a mixture of public and commercial broadcast TV and radio stations; 6 national terrestrial TV networks including 1 public broadcaster; the large number of radio and TV stations available provide a wide range of choices; satellite and cable services provide access to international channels	6 m
Households with television	99% Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Laos	30.3% Ranked 100th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	276.69 Ranked 24th. 20 times more than Laos	14.02 Ranked 126th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	79.05 Ranked 31st. 7 times more than Laos	10.75 Ranked 160th.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	791.21 Ranked 31st. 7 times more than Laos	105.73 Ranked 165th.
Internet > Users per 1000	689.59 Ranked 12th. 41 times more than Laos	16.63 Ranked 132nd.
Internet users	99.18 million Ranked 3rd. 331 times more than Laos	300,000 Ranked 127th.
Personal computers > Per capita	541.63 per 1,000 people Ranked 17th. 31 times more than Laos	17.66 per 1,000 people Ranked 47th.
Personal computers per 1000	541.64 Ranked 17th. 31 times more than Laos	17.27 Ranked 47th.
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>NHK - public, operates news/speech-based Radio 1, cultural/educational network Radio 2, classical music-based network FM Radio, external service Radio Japan</p> </p>Inter FM - Tokyo commercial music station</p> </p>J-Wave - Tokyo commercial music station</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15217593">Full Article</a>	<p>Lao National Radio - state-run</p>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	109.43 Ranked 86th. 7% more than Laos	101.85 Ranked 105th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	842.31 per 1,000 people Ranked 60th. 4 times more than Laos	226.62 per 1,000 people Ranked 128th.
Television > List of TV stations	<p>NHK - public, operates the General TV, Educational TV channels. NHK also runs HD satellite channels BS1 and BS Premium. NHK World is the organisation's international English-language channel.</p> </p>TV Asahi - national commercial network</p> </p>Fuji TV - national commercial network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15217593">Full Article</a>	<p>Lao National TV - state-run</p> </p>Laos Television 3 - joint venture with Thai company</p>
Television receivers > Per capita	686.01 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 65 times more than Laos	10.57 per 1,000 people Ranked 154th.
Televisions per 1000	677.27 Ranked 6th. 73 times more than Laos	9.25 Ranked 172nd.
Radio broadcast stations	AM 215 (plus 370 repeaters), FM 89 (plus 485 repeaters), shortwave 21	AM 7, FM 14, shortwave 2
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	551.23 Ranked 2nd. 211 times more than Laos	2.61 Ranked 72nd.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,201.54 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th. 10 times more than Laos	120.44 per 1,000 people Ranked 113th.
Internet > Users > Per capita	691.42 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 45 times more than Laos	15.33 per 1,000 people Ranked 135th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	503.86 Ranked 16th. 30 times more than Laos	16.85 Ranked 166th.
Televisions	86.5 million Ranked 3rd. 1663 times more than Laos	52,000 Ranked 155th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	402.03 per 1,000 people Ranked 27th. 28 times more than Laos	14.54 per 1,000 people Ranked 105th.
Internet users > Per 100 people	75.16 Ranked 14th. 9 times more than Laos	8.5 Ranked 126th.
Internet > Internet users	100.68 million Ranked 4th. 142 times more than Laos	707,871 Ranked 125th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	132,608 Mbps Ranked 9th. 7367 times more than Laos	18 Mbps Ranked 73th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	1,037.92 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 30th. 327 times more than Laos	3.18 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 75th.
Personal computers	69.2 million Ranked 2nd. 692 times more than Laos	100,000 Ranked 42nd.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	5.55 billion min. Ranked 6th. 282 times more than Laos	19.65 million min. Ranked 104th.
Radios per 1000	943.48 Ranked 14th. 7 times more than Laos	129.91 Ranked 158th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	900.9 Ranked 83th. 75% more than Laos	516.12 Ranked 135th.
Internet > Percent using internet	79.05% Ranked 29th. 7 times more than Laos	10.75% Ranked 157th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular	132.76 million Ranked 7th. 24 times more than Laos	5.48 million Ranked 97th.
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.956 per capita Ranked 15th. 6 times more than Laos	0.148 per capita Ranked 138th.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	347.79 Ranked 45th. 16 times more than Laos	21.09 Ranked 151st.
Telephone mainlines per 1000	460.03 Ranked 19th. 35 times more than Laos	13 Ranked 121st.
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>Asahi Shimbun - daily, English-language pages</p> </p>Yomiuri Shimbun - daily, English-language pages</p> </p>Mainichi Daily News - English-language pages</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15217593">Full Article</a>	<p>Vientiane Times - state-run, English-language</p> </p>Le Renovateur - state run, French-language</p> </p>Vientiane Mai - state-run daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15353971">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment	excellent domestic and international service	service to general public is improving; the government relies on a radiotelephone network to communicate with remote areas
Television receivers per 1000	686.01 Ranked 6th. 67 times more than Laos	10.2 Ranked 152nd.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	441 Ranked 5th. 221 times more than Laos	2 Ranked 87th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita	1,587.39 Ranked 21st. 191 times more than Laos	8.32 Ranked 186th.
Internet > Users	88.11 million Ranked 2nd. 881 times more than Laos	100,000 Ranked 124th.
Internet > Internet penetration	79.1% Ranked 33th. 7 times more than Laos	10.7% Ranked 168th.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	741.51 Ranked 46th. 7 times more than Laos	110.21 Ranked 122nd.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,084.68 Ranked 89th. 11% more than Laos	976.85 Ranked 117th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines	64.27 million Ranked 3rd. 574 times more than Laos	112,000 Ranked 139th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	138.36 million Ranked 7th. 21 times more than Laos	6.49 million Ranked 98th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers	73 Ranked 14th. 73 times more than Laos	1 Ranked 192nd.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	35.3 million Ranked 3rd. 379 times more than Laos	93,200 Ranked 102nd.
Telephones > Main lines in use	64.67 million Ranked 3rd. 601 times more than Laos	107,600 Ranked 140th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	50.47 Ranked 16th. 28 times more than Laos	1.81 Ranked 164th.
Active military personnel	230,300 Ranked 13th. 8 times more than Laos	29,100 Ranked 60th.
Radio receivers per 1000	955.66 Ranked 14th. 7 times more than Laos	143.23 Ranked 140th.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	741.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 47th. 7 times more than Laos	112.68 per 1,000 people Ranked 123th.
Internet > Hosts per 1000	312.51 Ranked 17th. 1890 times more than Laos	0.165 Ranked 148th.
Number of PCs per million	541.64 Ranked 15th. 140 times more than Laos	3.86 Ranked 150th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	141.13 million Ranked 7th. 33 times more than Laos	4.3 million Ranked 117th.
Radio receivers	120.5 million Ranked 3rd. 165 times more than Laos	730,000 Ranked 123th.
Cinema > Number of cinemas	3,062 Ranked 3rd. 612 times more than Laos	5 Ranked 57th.
Television receivers	86.5 million Ranked 3rd. 1663 times more than Laos	52,000 Ranked 150th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	1,078 Ranked 11th. 539 times more than Laos	2 Ranked 64th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	1.63$ Ranked 5th. 47% more than Laos	1.11$ Ranked 70th.
Mobile phone subscribers	94.75 million Ranked 4th. 148 times more than Laos	638,202 Ranked 114th.
Telephone system > International	country code - 81; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 7 Intelsat (Pacific and Indian Oceans), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region), 2 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean regions), and 8 SkyPerfect JSAT	country code - 856; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and a second to be developed by China
Internet > ISP	73 Ranked 5th. 73 times more than Laos	1 Ranked 138th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	175.04 Ranked 14th. 5962 times more than Laos	0.0294 Ranked 104th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	64.27 million Ranked 3rd. 574 times more than Laos	112,000 Ranked 139th.
Radios	120.5 million Ranked 3rd. 165 times more than Laos	730,000 Ranked 124th.
Internet > Hosts	39.91 million Ranked 2nd. 39319 times more than Laos	1,015 Ranked 152nd.
Mobile phones	62.11 per 100 people Ranked 26th. 62 times more than Laos	1 per 100 people Ranked 42nd.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	1,037.94 Mbps Ranked 30th. 334 times more than Laos	3.11 Mbps Ranked 75th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	108 Ranked 15th. 18 times more than Laos	6 Ranked 85th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	70.45 million Ranked 3rd. 4839 times more than Laos	14,558 Ranked 75th.
Internet > Top level domain	.jp	.la
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	3.45 Ranked 29th. 11 times more than Laos	0.319 Ranked 85th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	1,363 Ranked 8th. 227 times more than Laos	6 Ranked 59th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	551.39 Ranked 2nd. 216 times more than Laos	2.55 Ranked 75th.
Telephone system > Domestic	high level of modern technology and excellent service of every kind	4
Internet country code	.jp	.la
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	28.92 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 60th. 5 times more than Laos	6.26 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 69th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	43.41 min. Ranked 46th. 12 times more than Laos	3.5 min. Ranked 102nd.
Telephone mainlines	58.78 million Ranked 2nd. 781 times more than Laos	75,303 Ranked 114th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	0.447 per 1,000 people Ranked 27th. 24 times more than Laos	0.019 per 1,000 people Ranked 60th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	175.04 per 1,000 people Ranked 14th. 5835 times more than Laos	0.03 per 1,000 people Ranked 105th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering		No evidence of filtering
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists, female per million people	19.18 Ranked 16th. 2 times more than Laos	9.48 Ranked 20th.
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	13.79$/month Ranked 125th.	27.6$/month Ranked 65th. Twice as much as Japan
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	43.41 min. per capita Ranked 46th. 12 times more than Laos	3.58 min. per capita Ranked 103th.
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people	23.97 Ranked 17th. 28 times more than Laos	0.848 Ranked 59th.
Internet hosts	None	None
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	11,924 Ranked 5th. 795 times more than Laos	15 Ranked 63th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology	1,402 Ranked 3rd. 234 times more than Laos	6 Ranked 57th.
Mobile cellular subscriptions	110.39 million Ranked 8th. 55 times more than Laos	2.02 million Ranked 113th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers	22.37 million Ranked 3rd. 131560 times more than Laos	170 Ranked 109th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	0.572 Ranked 130th. 3 times more than Laos	0.178 Ranked 169th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	12,155 Ranked 2nd. 1351 times more than Laos	9 Ranked 62nd.
Internet > IP addresses	202.18 million Ranked 3rd. 3691 times more than Laos	54,784 Ranked 148th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	2694800000000	315000000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	23.58 Ranked 21st. 236 times more than Laos	0.1 Ranked 131st.
Number of PCs	69,200 Ranked 1st. 3145 times more than Laos	22 Ranked 147th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	503.86 Ranked 19th. 30 times more than Laos	16.85 Ranked 170th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	56,221 Ranked 4th. 639 times more than Laos	88 Ranked 65th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	144.08 million Ranked 3rd. 2845 times more than Laos	50,648 Ranked 124th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	10,046 Ranked 1st. 5023 times more than Laos	2 Ranked 63th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	447.05 Ranked 26th. 25 times more than Laos	18.06 Ranked 60th.
Internet > TLD	.jp	.la
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	86.45 Ranked 82nd. 3 times more than Laos	32.59 Ranked 141st.
Internet > Livejournal users	5,559 Ranked 8th. 154 times more than Laos	36 Ranked 178th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers	42,338 Ranked 2nd. 42338 times more than Laos	1 Ranked 170th.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies	97.78% Ranked 16th.	100% Ranked 14th. 2% more than Japan
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	2.11 Ranked 15th. 5 times more than Laos	0.46 Ranked 36th.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	270 Ranked 1st. 90 times more than Laos	3 Ranked 43th.
Telecommunications > Country calling code	81	856
Telephone subscribers per 1000	1,201.54 Ranked 35th. 10 times more than Laos	123.22 Ranked 113th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	113.1% Ranked 2nd. 141 times more than Laos	0.8% Ranked 134th.
E-Government rating	52 Ranked 13th. 30% more than Laos	40 Ranked 99th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	10.84 Ranked 36th. 9 times more than Laos	1.23 Ranked 54th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	94.81 per 1 million people Ranked 27th. 30 times more than Laos	3.2 per 1 million people Ranked 59th.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists	20,315 Ranked 4th. 59 times more than Laos	344 Ranked 33th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	331.89 per 1 million people Ranked 28th. 1918 times more than Laos	0.173 per 1 million people Ranked 161st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	94.81 Ranked 26th. 31 times more than Laos	3.08 Ranked 58th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	2,543 Ranked 7th. 363 times more than Laos	7 Ranked 62nd.
Internet > Livejournal users per million	43.51 Ranked 88th. 7 times more than Laos	6.32 Ranked 155th.
Telephone lines	48.43 million Ranked 5th. 379 times more than Laos	127,799 Ranked 127th.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.185 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 27th. 9 times more than Laos	0.02 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 136th.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists, female	2,450 Ranked 4th. 45 times more than Laos	54 Ranked 18th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	12,770 Ranked 4th. 311 times more than Laos	41 Ranked 63th.
Newspapers > Female newspaper journalists	2,450 Ranked 4th. 45 times more than Laos	54 Ranked 18th.
Internet > IP addresses (share)	4.7 Ranked 3rd.	0.0 Ranked 123th.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	37.92 Ranked 41st. 18 times more than Laos	2.06 Ranked 151st.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	50.84 Ranked 17th. 29 times more than Laos	1.76 Ranked 166th.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	26.15$/month Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than Laos	5.64$/month Ranked 110th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.845 Ranked 110th.	1.05 Ranked 104th. 25% more than Japan
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	101.54 Ranked 29th. 12 times more than Laos	8.42 Ranked 56th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	19567300000000	508000000000
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	20.22 Ranked 31st. 14 times more than Laos	1.44 Ranked 57th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	96.65 Ranked 19th. 52 times more than Laos	1.85 Ranked 57th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	460.03 per 1,000 people Ranked 21st. 35 times more than Laos	13.29 per 1,000 people Ranked 121st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	8.57 Ranked 42nd. 21 times more than Laos	0.411 Ranked 61st.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	0.896 per 1,000 people Ranked 69th. 4 times more than Laos	0.255 per 1,000 people Ranked 98th.
Internet > ISP per million	0.575 Ranked 89th. 3 times more than Laos	0.186 Ranked 113th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	101.54 per 1 million people Ranked 30th. 12 times more than Laos	8.74 per 1 million people Ranked 57th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	313.53 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th. 2063 times more than Laos	0.152 per 1,000 people Ranked 168th.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	30.11 million Ranked 3rd. 4930 times more than Laos	6,107 Ranked 127th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	10.84 per 1 million people Ranked 37th. 8 times more than Laos	1.28 per 1 million people Ranked 55th.
Telephone subscribers	153.53 million Ranked 3rd. 215 times more than Laos	713,505 Ranked 103th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita	11.15 per 1 million people Ranked 31st. 9 times more than Laos	1.28 per 1 million people Ranked 54th.
Telephone subscribers per employee	1,283.41 Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Laos	130.02 Ranked 100th.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	3.94% GDP Ranked 58th. 2 times more than Laos	1.66% GDP Ranked 73th.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	20.51$/month Ranked 21st. 5 times more than Laos	3.8$/month Ranked 167th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	8.57 per 1 million people Ranked 43th. 20 times more than Laos	0.426 per 1 million people Ranked 62nd.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	79.88 Ranked 14th. 195 times more than Laos	0.411 Ranked 59th.
Newspapers > Female newspaper journalists per million people	19.18 Ranked 16th. 2 times more than Laos	9.48 Ranked 20th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million	11.15 Ranked 31st. 9 times more than Laos	1.23 Ranked 54th.
Internet servers using encryption	66,279 Ranked 3rd. 22093 times more than Laos	3 Ranked 159th.
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	519.59 Ranked 24th. 1106 times more than Laos	0.47 Ranked 153th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,106.36 Ranked 84th. 71% more than Laos	647.02 Ranked 156th.
Newspapers > Male newspaper journalists per million people	139.55 Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Laos	50.89 Ranked 17th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	12.83% Ranked 53th.	95.45% Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Japan
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people	158.99 Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Laos	60.36 Ranked 30th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	27.92 Ranked 23th. 19 times more than Laos	1.46 Ranked 125th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	750.05 Ranked 28th. 831 times more than Laos	0.903 Ranked 175th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	0.36$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 10th.	443.87$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 27th. 1233 times more than Japan
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.013$ per 1 million people Ranked 10th.	0.199$ per 1 million people Ranked 52nd. 15 times more than Japan
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	331.4 Ranked 27th. 1954 times more than Laos	0.17 Ranked 159th.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalist gender ratio	13.74 Ranked 25th.	18.62 Ranked 22nd. 36% more than Japan
Newspapers > Male newspaper journalists	17,829 Ranked 1st. 61 times more than Laos	290 Ranked 16th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	6 Ranked 40th.	18 Ranked 67th. 3 times more than Japan
Internet > ISP > Per capita	0.575 per 1 million people Ranked 83th. 3 times more than Laos	0.191 per 1 million people Ranked 108th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	96.65 per 1 million people Ranked 19th. 50 times more than Laos	1.92 per 1 million people Ranked 58th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	20.22 per 1 million people Ranked 31st. 14 times more than Laos	1.49 per 1 million people Ranked 58th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code	81 Ranked 46th.	856 Ranked 26th. 11 times more than Japan
Phone system > International dialling code	+81	+856
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	1,201.54 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th. 10 times more than Laos	125.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 113th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	1,132.21 Ranked 2nd. 150 times more than Laos	7.56 Ranked 133th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	49.85% Ranked 15th. 84 times more than Laos	0.59% Ranked 152nd.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	37.77% Ranked 36th.	65.09% Ranked 7th. 72% more than Japan
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.0476 Ranked 43th.	3.16 Ranked 79th. 66 times more than Japan

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