In 2017, react and vue have been growing well.
Looking around the world, react seems to be king of frontend frameworks.
That would be same in japan. But popularity of vue is very high and close to react.
recent each meetups of both were very well attended.
here is the number of meetup's applicant and attendee.
react.js #4 197/83
react.js #3 204/80
vue.js #5 190/84
vue.js #4 203/110
As you can see, the number of applicant is same almost.
And as far as I know, a lot of developers in japan around me prefer to use vue.
Although most developers understand the advantage of react.