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🇯🇵 Japan

1 in 61 of the world’s cats lives here

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Numbers

pets

8.85 million 📎 www.petfoodindustry.com 2025

street

1 million 🎲 no national stray count found

Share of the world’s cats

1.6% 🎲

Lifespan in the data

11.4 yrs 🎲

Neutered (pets / street)

70% / 20% 🎲

Kept indoors

80% 🎲

And what kind of cat 🎲

• a cat from an ordinary home45%
• a cat from a poor household18%
• a cat from a wealthy home16%
• a show-cattery cat7.2%
• a street cat6.9%
• a backyard-bred kitten3.6%
• a kitten from an unwanted litter2.2%
• a temple, shrine or mosque cat1.0%
• a lab cat<0.1%

Beliefs about cats

• Black cats: seen as lucky

Laws and policies

• Health-centre intake — Cats taken to public centres; the kill rate falls year by year. 📎 www.env.go.jp
• Community cats (chiiki neko) — Neuter, return, and a named community caretaker, backed by local government. 📎 www.pref.kanagawa.jp 📎 faunalytics.org

Help real cats in Japan

• Animal Refuge Kansai (ARK) — Osaka NPO that rescues and rehomes cats and dogs arkbark.net
• Japan Cat Network — No-kill cat shelter, TNR and adoptions japancatnetwork.org
• Sakura-neko free TNR — Free TNR tickets; volunteer signup, apply 1st-5th monthly www.doubutukikin.or.jp
• Ota cat surgery grant — Grant to certified local groups: up to 13k/21k yen per cat www.city.ota.tokyo.jp

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