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1. Mission and Guiding Principles of the Statistics Bureau and the Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards) of Japan
2. The roles of the Bureau and the Director-General for Policy Planning in the Japanese statistical system
1. General Affairs Division
2. Statistical Information Systems Division
3. Statistical Survey Department
4. Field organizations collecting data
1. Statistics on population, housing, and land
(1) Population Census
(2) Current Population Estimates
(3) Internal Migration Statistics
(4) Housing and Land Survey
2. Labour statistics
(1) Labour Force Survey
(2) Employment Status Survey
3. Statistics on establishments and enterprises
(1) Economic Census for Business Frame
(2) Economic Census for Business Activity
(3) Unincorporated Enterprise Survey
(4) Survey of Research and Development
(5) Monthly Survey on Service Industries
(6) Establishment and Enterprise Census [1947-2006]
(7) Survey on Service Industries [1989-2004]
(8) Establishment Frame Database
4. Statistics on household income and expenditure, price statistics
(1) Family Income and Expenditure Survey
(2) National Survey of Family Income and Expenditure
(3) Survey of Household Economy
(4) Retail Price Survey
(5) National Survey of Prices
(6) Consumer Price Index
5. Social statistics
(1) Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities
1. Collection and compilation of statistical information
(1) Japan’s System of Social and Demographic Statistics
(2) Grid-Square Statistics
(3) Census Mapping System (CMS)
2. Dissemination of statistical information
(1) Website
(2) Inter-Ministry Information System for Official Statistics (IMISOS)
(2)-1 “Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan (e-Stat)”
(2)-2 Online Survey System (OSS or “e-survey”)
3. Secondary Use of Statistical Information
(1) New framework for secondary use of official statistics
(2) The role of National Statistics Center
(2)-1 Provision of the Anonymized Data
(2)-2 Tailor-made Tabulations
(2)-3 Cooperation between the Center and academic research organizations
1. Bilateral cooperation
(1) Annual exchanges of statistical missions with China and Korea
(2) Receiving visitors from abroad
(3) Technical cooperation programs through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
2. Activities related to international statistical conferences
(1) Participation in international statistical conferences
(2) Hosting international statistical conferences
3. Provision and exchange of statistical information
1. Organization and functions of the Office of the Director-General for Policy Planning
(1) Director for Statistical Planning
(2) Directors for Statistical Clearance
(3) Director for International Statistical Affairs
2. Statistics Act
3. Statistics Commission
4. Overview of Master Plan Concerning the Development of Official Statistics
(1) Fundamental policy regarding measures for compiling Official Statistics
(1)-1 Role of Official Statistics
(1)-2 Basic perspectives in designing measures
(2) Comprehensive and systematic measures in the development of Official Statistics
(2)-1 Development of "fundamental statistics" as the core of statistical systems
(2)-2 Ensuring and improving the consistency and international compatibility of statistics
(2)-3 Compilation of statistics in response to needs due to socio-economic changes
(3) Necessary matters for Promoting the Compilation of Official Statistics
(3)-1 Effective production of statistics
(3)-2 Ensuring effective use of statistical resources
(3)-3 Responses to socio-economic changes
(3)-4 Promotion of effective use of statistical data
(3)-5 Others
(4) Promotion and evaluation of the Master Plan
5. Examining plans and budgets for censuses and statistical surveys
6. Establishing and improving statistical standards
7. Compiling national Input-Output Tables
8. Managing the local government statistical system
9. Promoting the public understanding of statistics
10. Coordinating international statistical affairs
(1) Activities related to international statistical conferences
(2) Participation in international statistical activities
(3) Providing and exchanging statistical information
11. Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
1. Brief history
2. Statistical training
3. Statistical research activities
4. Compiling statistical compendia
5. Statistical Library and Statistical Museum
1-(1) Law to Establish the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
2. Organizational history of the Bureau and the Director-General for Policy Planning
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