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News BulletinJanuary 2008 No.1 |
NEWS HIGHLIGHTSInauguration Ceremony of the New Building of the National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Kingdom of Cambodia |
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The Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) and the Statistical Research and Training Institute and the National Statistics Center have been providing technical cooperation to the National Institute of Statistics (NIS), Ministry of Planning (MoP) of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the Project on Improving Official Statistics in Cambodia.
In conjunction with the project, the Government of Japan assisted the construction of a new building for the NIS in the form of the Project for the Construction of New Building of the National Institute of Statistics. The new building of the NIS was completed in early January 2008, and a half-day inauguration ceremony held on 14th January, 2008 (from 8:30 to 11:00) at the MoP, #386 Monivong Boulevard, Boung Keng Kang I, Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh. The cost was covered by Japanese Non-Project Grant Aid Counterpart Funds, and the new building will be used to aid the long-term efficiency of technical transfers through the Project on Improving Official Statistics in Cambodia. The inauguration ceremony was presided over by H.E. Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, RGC, and Mr. AKIBA Kenya, Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, the Government of Japan was invited to celebrate the inauguration of the new NIS building. Other participants in the ceremony, invited by the MoP, Cambodia were senior officials from line ministries of the RGC and representatives of the donor community including JICA and UNFPA. The ceremony included a salute of the national anthem of the Kingdom of Cambodia, speeches by H.E. Chhay Than, Senior Minister, MoP, Cambodia; H.E. SHINOHARA Katsuhiro, Japanese Ambassador; H.E. AKIBA Kenya and H.E. Sar Kheng; awarding of medals and commemorative gifts, tape cutting, unveiling of a commemorative plaque, and a tour of the new building. The new building has five stories each measuring 42m x 12m in area and includes a data processing hall, training hall, statistical library, data users' service center, and conference hall. More specifically the building will be used as a center for data processing and for training, running workshops, publishing, and development of statistics practitioners. It will also be used to support study programmers and related activities for all related authorities and institutions; to upgrade capacity building; to provide classes on national statistics, and to keep data and records of large-scale census and survey operations. |
The New Building of the NIS
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H.E. Sar Kheng and H.E. AKIBA Kenya in front of the commemorative plaque
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The Cabinet Office (CAO) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) held the International Symposium on Development of Official Statistics on 27 November 2007 at the United Nations University in Tokyo, inviting distinguished statisticians from statistical departments of the UN, the USA, UK, Australia, China and the Republic of Korea.
The symposium aimed to exchange views and experiences regarding the development of official statistics from an international perspective. National statistical systems are constantly evolving all over the world, and several countries have recently enacted or renewed legislation aimed at consolidating the foundations for official statistics. Japan is no exception, and a new act was passed by Diet in May 2007 to replace the Statistics Act that had been in effect since 1947. Under the new act, the Statistics Commission, a high-level consultative organ that assumes leadership for development of official statistics, was established in the CAO in October 2007, and following over a year of preparatory work the new act will be fully enacted in the spring of 2009. The discussants at the symposium are expected to contribute to the future planning of the statistical system. |
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Moderator Mr. Fumikazu Hida, Executive Research Fellow, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office (CAO), Japan |
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| Keynote Speech-1 | "Statistical Reform in Japan" Dr. Kei Takeuchi, Chairman of the Statistics Commission, Japan |
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| Keynote Speech-2 | "International Trends on Statistical Development" Dr. Paul Cheung, Director, UN Statistics Division |
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| Session 1 | "How to Achieve Good Governance of the Statistical System" Chairman Mr. Shigeru Kawasaki, Director-General, Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) Lead Speakers Mr. Brian Pink, Australian Statistician "Governance of Australia's Official Statistics System" Mr. Mike Hughes, Director of National Statistics and Policy Group, Office for National Statistics (ONS), UK "Official Statistics in the UK Present and Future" Mr. HAN, Sung Hee, Director, Training Management Division, Statistical Training Institute, Korea National Statistical Office "Governance of National Statistical System of Korea" Discussant Dr. Takeshi Hiromatsu, Member of the Statistics Commission, Japan Floor Discussions |
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| Remarks | Ms. Hiroko Ota, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
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| Session 2 | "How to Develop Quality Statistics that Contributes to Public Needs and Policy Needs" Chairman Dr. Masahiro Kuroda, President, ESRI, CAO, Japan Lead Speakers Mr. Mike Hughes, Director of National Statistics and Policy Group, ONS, UK "The Government Statistics Service: Personnel Issues" Ms. Katherine Wallman, Chief Statistician, Office of Management and Budget, USA "United States Federal Statistical System: Coordination, Cooperation and Collaboration" Mr. Lin Xianyu, Deputy Commissioner, National Bureau of Statistics, China "National Economic Accounting and Statistical Development of China" Discussant Dr. Paul Cheung, Director, UN Statistics Division Dr. Takashi Omori, Member of the Statistics Commission, Japan Floor Discussions |
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| Closing Remarks | Dr. Takanobu Nakajima, Director, Statistics Commission Office, CAO, Japan
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U Thant Conference Hall of the United Nations University
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Participants of the International Symposium on Development of Official Statistics
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The Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities has been conducted every five years since 1976. The 2006 Survey was conducted using the questionnaires A (Leisure Activities for the preceding year and Time Spent of one day : Pre-coding system) and B (Time Spent of one day : After-coding system). The survey sample was approximately 80 thousand households and their members aged 10 years and over, randomly chosen from the entire population of Japanese households. The following are the main results of the Activities by Time Spent of the Day, derived from questionnaire A.
In regard to the Time Spent per day on activities by all persons by sex, males spent 10 hours and 31 minutes on primary activities(*), 6 hours and 58 minutes on secondary activities(*), and 6 hours and 31 minutes on tertiary activities(*). Females spent 10 hours and 42 minutes on primary activities, 7 hours and 3 minutes on secondary activities, and 6 hours and 15 minutes on tertiary activities. The time spent on primary and secondary activities by females was longer than that by males, and time spent on tertiary activities was shorter. (*) For primary, secondary, and tertiary activities, refer to the following table. Compared with the 2001 survey, time that males spent on primary activities showed almost no change from last time; seven minutes longer on secondary activities, and eight minutes less on tertiary activities, respectively. Females spent the same time on primary activities as last time, two minutes longer on secondary activities, and two minutes less on tertiary activities. |
Weekly Average Time Spent on Activities for all Persons by Sex (2001, 2006)
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The total population of Japan was 127,790 thousand as of November 1, 2007, based on the Estimated Population (Provisional Estimates). The persons 75 years and over rose to 12,760 thousand, accounting for approximately 10.0 percent of the total population for the first time in history. In 1950 those 75 years and over accounted for 1.3 percent of the population, and in 1991, 5.0 percent.
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Changes in percentage distribution of those 65 and 75 years and over (1950-2007)
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Changes in population and percentage distribution by age groups (1950-2007)
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