What this is
Japan's playing-card exports (the heading that includes Pokémon cards), March–August 2026 against the same months of 2025, by destination: Korea 5.09 times (¥1.036bn to ¥5.268bn), Thailand 4.98, Hong Kong 2.37, China 2.21, Taiwan 1.99, Indonesia 1.97, Singapore 1.69.
How it’s built
- Added monthly yen values from Japan's official trade statistics for March–August of each year.
- Also added dollar values from UN Comtrade and declared net weights.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
In dollars the rises are smaller because the yen fell; by weight smaller still (Korea 1.12 times). The heading covers all playing cards, so Pokémon's share is unknown.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes.
Show the working
- KR 1.036→5.268 (×5.09)
- TH 0.331→1.648 (×4.98)
- HK 10.847→25.657 (×2.37)
- CN 11.299→25.017 (×2.21)
- TW 2.667→5.309 (×1.99)
- ID 0.513→1.008 (×1.97)
- SG 3.365→5.673 (×1.69) ¥bn