In the Prefectural Land Price Survey as of July 1, 2026 (Reiwa 8), covering 21,466 locations and announced by MLIT, the national average change was +1.5% for all uses, +1.0% for residential land and +2.9% for commercial land, all rising for the fifth straight year. Commercial land widened, while all uses and residential land were unchanged from the year before.Every year each prefecture checks land prices as of July 1, and the national government puts the results together. In 2026, land for homes and land for stores and buildings both rose on national average for five years straight. But how much it rose differs a lot by place.
Change in commercial land prices (2026 Prefectural Land Price Survey)
At its 211th meeting on September 16, 2026 (Reiwa 8), the Labour Conditions Subcommittee of the Labour Policy Council at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare took up two concrete issues in working-hours law: how collective labour-management communication should work, including majority labour unions and majority representatives, and annual paid leave. The materials pose points as questions, such as whether to write rules into law. No conclusion has been decided.When a company makes an important agreement with its workers, a representative of more than half of them takes part. A national council is discussing whether to write down more clearly in law how that representative is chosen and protected. Paid vacation rules are also on the table. Nothing has been decided yet.
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