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 February 2026

February 2026

Domain

Visits

Desktop share

Mobile share

MoM

YoY

Main Traffic Source

weathernews.jp

75.04M

10.52%7.9M

89.48%67.14M

↓4.7%

↑16.89%

Direct

japanpost.jp

51.02M

14.68%7.49M

85.32%43.53M

↓24.88%

↓14.03%

Direct

mhlw.go.jp

23.06M

26.09%6.01M

73.91%17.04M

↓22.5%

↓17.79%

Search

tokyo.lg.jp

18.28M

16.1%2.94M

83.9%15.34M

↑29.49%

↓9.83%

Direct

jra.go.jp

18.05M

17.84%3.22M

82.16%14.83M

↓18.65%

↑5.9%

Direct

nta.go.jp

17.95M

38.45%6.9M

61.55%11.05M

↑10.33%

↓17.34%

Search

mlit.go.jp

12.03M

22.79%2.74M

77.21%9.29M

↓22.26%

↓16.49%

Direct

lawson.co.jp

10.76M

7.27%781.76K

92.73%9.98M

↓4.2%

↑2.13%

Search

athome.co.jp

10.51M

29.5%3.1M

70.5%7.41M

↓17.56%

↓8%

Direct

kotobank.jp

6.75M

28.21%1.9M

71.79%4.85M

↓22.88%

↓22.84%

Search

nikkeibp.co.jp

6.61M

22.81%1.51M

77.19%5.1M

↑4.36%

↓24.51%

Search

yokohama.lg.jp

6.34M

11.9%753.88K

88.1%5.58M

↓14.38%

↓8.84%

Direct

soumu.go.jp

5.69M

19.51%1.11M

80.49%4.58M

↑50.23%

↓4.77%

Search

city.nagoya.jp

4.91M

9.38%460.57K

90.62%4.45M

↓24.35%

↓3.83%

Search

rsch.jp

4.48M

27.61%1.24M

72.39%3.25M

↓22.89%

↓22.8%

Direct

nenkin.go.jp

4M

29.41%1.18M

70.59%2.83M

↓18.74%

↓18.47%

Search

osaka.lg.jp

3.76M

22.54%848.46K

77.46%2.92M

↓0.25%

↓19.59%

Search

saitama.lg.jp

3.68M

15.07%554.55K

84.93%3.12M

↑8.89%

↓6.57%

Search

jma-net.go.jp

3.62M

3.96%143.34K

96.04%3.48M

↓16.9%

↑68.12%

Direct

city.sapporo.jp

3.52M

13.14%462.95K

86.86%3.06M

↑6.2%

↑8.46%

Search

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Key Insights on Top Government Websites in Japan on February 2026

As of February 2026, weathernews.jp leads Government in Japan with 75.04M monthly visits. Its audience skews mobile-first (10.52% desktop / 10.52% mobile), and traffic is down month over month -4.7% and up year over year 16.89%. japanpost.jp holds second with 51.02M visits and a mobile-leaning mix (14.68% desktop / 85.32% mobile), while mhlw.go.jp ranks third with 23.06M visits.

Across the leaders, ja.cat is the most mobile-first (99.67% of visits), whereas meti.go.jp is the most desktop-reliant (55.23%). Momentum favors ja.cat in the latest month (8,584.67%), while fukui.lg.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, 32 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 66 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