Top Government Websites in Japan

Name: Top websites in Japan (Government)
Creator: Semrush
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Based on data from the Semrush Traffic Analytics tool, this page reveals the most visited websites. We will be updating this list on a monthly basis, so you can keep track of all the market shifts and spot changes in user interest.

Most Visited Government Websites in Japan, Updated July 2026

July 2026

Domain

Visits

Desktop share

Mobile share

MoM

YoY

Main Traffic Source

weathernews.jp

125.38M

8.92%11.19M

91.08%114.19M

↓0.19%

↑14.19%

Direct

japanpost.jp

64.04M

12.22%7.82M

87.78%56.21M

↑14.33%

↓17.83%

Direct

mhlw.go.jp

22.33M

23.06%5.15M

76.94%17.18M

↓3.78%

↓15.43%

Direct

jra.go.jp

15.37M

18.25%2.81M

81.75%12.57M

↓15.34%

↓4.04%

Direct

tokyo.lg.jp

10.02M

24.57%2.46M

75.43%7.56M

↓11.15%

↓1.74%

Search

mlit.go.jp

9.92M

26.81%2.66M

73.19%7.26M

↓13.9%

↓18.24%

Direct

athome.co.jp

8.85M

23.64%2.09M

76.36%6.76M

↑12.47%

↓16.41%

Direct

lawson.co.jp

8.17M

8.7%711.25K

91.3%7.46M

↓22.37%

↑3.33%

Direct

yokohama.lg.jp

7.69M

10.94%841.68K

89.06%6.85M

↑20.42%

↓8.74%

Direct

nta.go.jp

7.18M

63.25%4.54M

36.75%2.64M

↑1.2%

↓29.98%

Direct

kotobank.jp

7.11M

31.06%2.21M

68.94%4.9M

↑2.63%

↓19.87%

Search

nikkeibp.co.jp

6.92M

20.86%1.44M

79.14%5.48M

↑1.01%

↓31.76%

Search

rsch.jp

5.88M

15.3%900.54K

84.7%4.98M

↑16.75%

↓16.06%

Direct

city.nagoya.jp

5.72M

8.2%468.98K

91.8%5.25M

↑17.88%

↓2.06%

Search

env.go.jp

4.69M

16.3%764.88K

83.7%3.93M

↑131.32%

↓28.38%

Search

moj.go.jp

4.49M

50.05%2.25M

49.95%2.24M

↑4.18%

↓8.08%

Direct

osaka.lg.jp

4.25M

17.12%727.62K

82.88%3.52M

↑11.05%

↓21.82%

Search

fukuoka.lg.jp

3.5M

20.79%728.25K

79.21%2.78M

↓2.94%

↓2.8%

Direct

jma-net.go.jp

3.09M

4.62%143.06K

95.38%2.95M

↑5.88%

↑37.43%

Direct

ndl.go.jp

3.05M

45.98%1.4M

54.02%1.65M

↓7.58%

↓21.93%

Search

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Key Insights on Top Government Websites in Japan on July 2026

As of July 2026, weathernews.jp leads Government in Japan with 125.38M monthly visits. Its audience skews mobile-first (8.92% desktop / 8.92% mobile), and traffic is down month over month -0.19% and up year over year 14.19%. japanpost.jp holds second with 64.04M visits and a mobile-leaning mix (12.22% desktop / 87.78% mobile), while mhlw.go.jp ranks third with 22.33M visits.

Across the leaders, ja.cat is the most mobile-first (99.76% of visits), whereas nta.go.jp is the most desktop-reliant (63.25%). Momentum favors sumida.lg.jp in the latest month (313.98%), while shimotsuke.co.jp shows the steepest pullback.

Acquisition patterns also differ: weathernews.jp is driven primarily by search, weathernews.jp by direct, and weathernews.jp by referral; overall, 41 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 57 are search-led, and 2 lean on social.

These insights come from the Traffic & Market Toolkit, enriched with extensive clickstream data.

Our AI algorithms analyze petabytes of information from a blend of proprietary and external data pools, reflecting the online activities of over 200 million anonymized users.

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Top Government Websites in Japan