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Combination of two-or-more persons households and one-person households
Includes basic fees and connection fees for cell phones, Personal Handy Phones, car phones, etc., charges for optional services, and prepaid cards for cell phones and PHSs.
Basic fees and connection fees for fixed phone lines, telegram fees, usage fees for cable TV phone, Internet connection fee (metered rate), ISDN connection fee. (excluding FLET'S ISDN (fixed rate)), etc.
Excludes telephone installation charges, shared facilities cost, telephone transfer fee, telephone card charges and public telephone charges.
If subscription not covering both provider fee and fixed line usage charge, only provider fee for Internet connection.
If subscription covering both provider fee and fixed line usage charge, charge for ADSL, FLET'S ISDN, optical fiber, etc.
Excludes Internet connection using cable TV line.
Cable TV service with Internet connection.
Exclude viewing fee for NHK broadcasts.
Viewing fees for BS digital and CS digital broadcasts, such as digital WOWOW, Sky PerfectTV! and Star Channel BS.
Excludes viewing fee for NHK satellite broadcasts.
Any kind of chest of drawers, whether Japanese or Western style, large or small, including those for closets, baby wear and wardrobes.
Single bed, double bed, bunk bed, water bed, pipe bed, etc. Excludes beds for medical purposes and bedding.
Anything used as bedding, whether placed over or under the sleeper, or a combination of both.
Excludes blankets, mattresses, bedding for babies and coverlet for a kotatsu.
Includes desks and chairs for office or study use, those designed for tatami mats.
Excludes tables for dining or use on tatami mats, and piano chairs.
Including sideboard, etc. (including those in dining room, living room, etc.).
Items mainly used for receiving guests, including single items (such as sofa only or table only).
Includes upright pianos,electric instruments(electric pianos,electronic organs and keyboards,violins,trumpets,harmonicas,drums,koto and syamisen.
Excludes chairs for piano,tuning fees,metronomes and pedestals for pieces.
Suit and formal wear for men from seventh grade and upward.
Excludes single items (jacket only or trousers only), overcoats, uniforms, etc.
Suit, one-piece dresses and formal dresses for women from seventh grade of school and upward.
Excludes single items (jacket only or skirt only), blouses, overcoats, maternity wear, etc.
Japanese clothes of all kinds for seventh graders and upward, including haori half-coat, sash, yukata summer kimono, tanzen coat, Japanese overcoat, jimbei summer wear and underwear for kimono, and also including festival wear.
Excludes bed wear, tabi socks and sewing charges.
Includes pocket watches,pendant watches and ring watches.
Excludes wall clocks,table clocks,repair fees,attachments and electric batteries.
Includes rings,necklaces,earrings,brooches,jewels,precious metals,necktie-pins and corsages.
Excludes repair fees and processing fees.
Base price covering standard equipment at the time of purchase plus automobile acquisition tax (less trade-in price if any).
Excludes automobile tax, automobile weight tax, registration fee, charges for options and other extra specifications, etc.
Base price plus automobile acquisition tax (less trade-in price if any). Also includes deregistered new car s (shinkosha).
Excludes automobile tax, automobile weight tax and registration fee.
Premium for compulsory automobile liability insurance charged at the time of purchase or periodic official car inspection.
Excludes premiums for voluntary insurance and non-automobile transport equipment (motorbikes, etc.)
Premiums for voluntary insurance.
Excludes premium for compulsory automobile liability insurance.
Base price covering standard equipment at the time of purchase plus
vehicle acquisition tax.
Also applicable to second hand purchases. Includes
motorbikes, scooters, electric tricycles or quadricycles and motorboats.
Cost of services necessary for maintenance and repair of automobile, including repair charges and technical fees for official car inspection.
Excludes fitting or repair fees for automobile - related parts such as car stereos.
Costs of equipment and appliances for house interiors, and of installation and repair of same, including fitting fees for integrated kitchen system, aluminum window sashes, tatami mats, bathtub and air conditioners, installation fees for flooring, electric power and gas facilities and telephone equipment.
Excludes costs of expansion, remodeling or new construction of house.
Costs of equipment and appliances for house exteriors and accessories to house, including gates, external walls and fences, and installation and repair of same. Includes veranda, detached store room, garden stones and trees, work on garage, exterior painting, and roof repair.
Excludes cost of expansion, remodeling or new construction of house.
Cost of construction, repair, maintenance and inspection of water supply and drainage facilities for kitchen, bathroom and toilet.
Costs of services necessary for maintenance and management of plants and garden,including fees for tree trimming, sprinkling of sterilizer, purchases from gardener, gardener's service and gardening.
Excludes plant items including flower seeds and bulbs, and gardening supplies including fertilizers, earth, plant pots, props, insecticides and sterilizers.
Rent for privately owned, public or employer-provided housing, including rent for room and directly paid house or room rent for non-member of the household.
Excludes common service charges, management fee, parking lot rent, contract renewal fee and remitted rent (remittances to family members living out) for non-member of the household.
Rent for housing lot under lease, including rent for housing site per se, rent for private path and other land.
Excludes rent for parking lot.
Includes other low-temperature storage containers such as freezer, rice store and wine cellar.
Includes dryer and dehydrator.
Includes air conditioner for both cooling and heating and one for cooling only.
Excludes installation fee.
Includes electric sewing machine and lock sewing machine.
Excludes manual sewing machine, sewing table and accessories.
Includes modular stereo and mini-modular stereo.
Excludes car stereo, radio-cassette recorder with CD (MD) function and separate components (for CD, MD or analog disc).
Desktop PC and laptop PC, including display unit only and keyboard only.
Excludes peripheral items.
Includes printer, scanner, mouse, various drives and software for PC.
Includes change to another model.
Excludes rental.
Excludes fixed phone unit with Internet connection function and associated items.
TV with built-in BS or CS digital broadcast tuner and TV without function for reception of digital broadcasts, including liquid crystal TV and portable TV.
Tuner and antenna for reception of BS or CS digital broadcast.
DVD recorder with video recorders,DVD recorder with hard-disc.
Includes PlayStation 2, Xbox and GAMECUBE.
Excludes peripheral items and repair cost.
Excludes peripheral items and repair cost.
Includes HDD, DVD and CD-ROM navigation systems.
Excludes fitting charge.
Fees for cure of disease, first visit fee, orthodontics, prescriptions, false teeth provided by dentist.
Fees for cure of disease, surgery, injection, house call and examination based on doctor's diagnosis (excludes routine health check). Include fees for massage and acupuncture received in hospital, and rehabilitation guidance received in hospital.
All costs of hospitalization in connection with child delivery.
Excludes reservation charge for child delivery and midwife fee.
All costs of hospitalization not connected with child delivery. Also applies to direct payment of hospital charges for non-member of the household hospitalized for long period (3 months or longer).
Excludes hospitalization for routine health check, such as scheduled thorough physical checkup.
Tuition and other fees payable for education at school governed by the
School Education Law.
Such schools include kindergartens, elementary
schools, junior high schools, senior high schools and universities (including
junior colleges, technical colleges and graduate schools) and special schools
(including vocational schools and technical schools). Fees for examinations,
entrance, homeroom activities, study tours, PTA dues and tuition fees directly
paid for non-member of the household.
Excludes nursing fee of day nursery, tuition fee for prep school, textbook fees, school lunch fee and tuition fee remitted to non-member of the household.
Fees for cram school, preparatory school, correspondence lessons and tutor to supplement education in main school curricula instituted under the School Education Law.
Excludes tuition fees and textbook costs for non-standard education and/or practical lessons such as piano class, English conversation or the like.
Paid highway fares using ETC(Electronic Toll Collection System in toll roads).
Paid highway fares not using ETC.
Fees for entrance, lessons, skill examination and motorcycle driving lessons at driving school.
Excludes handling fees for driver's license examination and issuing of driver's license.
Various fares for use of aircraft on domestic and international routes.
Excludes fares paid for business trips.
Various charges for accommodation overnight.
Excludes charges paid for business trips.
Package fees covering transportation and hotel charges of domestic and overseas travels.
Excludes charges paid for business trips.
Wedding costs, including those for ceremony, reception, etc., payable
by bridegroom or bride.
Includes direct payment to party organizers on
behalf of bridegroom or bride who is not a member of the household.
Excludes costs of lodging, transportation, congratulatory monetary gift, monetary honorarium paid to matchmaker, bridefs trousseaus, and clothes rented for anyone other than bridegroom and bride.
All costs borne by host of funeral or memorial service.
Excludes cost of lodging, transportation, monetary gift of condolence, and costs of funeral or memorial service borne by anyone else than host.
All costs pertaining to religious services, including donations to temple or shrine, household altar or gravestone.
Orders or reservations placed via the Internet for goods or services. Excludes orders or reservations placed at store counter.
Total monthly expenditure includes food costs and utilities charges in addition to the total sum paid for purchases of specific goods and services.
The following items are not included in total expenditure.
Money remitted to non-member of the household to pay for livelihood, house rent, tuition fee, etc.
Excludes house rent, utilities charges, tuition fee, etc. for non-member of the household directly paid.
Cash paid as congratulatory, consolation or ceremonial gift according
to common practice, including congratulatory, farewell, consolatory, condolence
and gratitude gifts.
Also includes gifts given in the form of shopping
vouchers or gift vouchers bought for such purpose.
