Notes for Users

1. The present issue contains statistics that became available by June 30, 2011.
2. Unless otherwise indicated, "year" refers to the calendar year and "fiscal year" refers to the 12 months beginning April 1 of the year stated.
3. Metric units are used in all tables and figures in which the data are measured in weight, volume, length or area.
4. Unless otherwise indicated, amounts shown are in Japanese yen. Refer to Appendix 3 for exchange rates of JPY against U.S. dollar.
5. Statistical figures may not add up to the totals due to rounding.
6. "Billion" means a thousand million; "trillion" means a thousand billion.
7. The following symbols are used in the tables:

   	Data not available
   	Magnitude zero or figures not applicable
   	Less than half of unit employed
   	Marked break in series
   	Provisional or estimate

8. Data relating to "China" generally exclude those for Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and Taiwan.
9. When any contents of the present issue are to be quoted or copied in other media (print or electronic), the title is to be referred to as follows:
   Source: Statistical Handbook of Japan 2011, published by the Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan.