News Bulletin May 27, 2022
May 27, 2022
No.331
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Meeting between Mr. Kaneko, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications and Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Permanent Secretary, Chief Executive and National Statistician, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
On April 29, Mr. Kaneko, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications made a ministerial visit to London, UK, and had a meeting with Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Permanent Secretary, Chief Executive and National Statistician of UK.
At the meeting between Mr. Kaneko and Sir Ian Diamond, accompanied by senior leaders from UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) and Office for National Statistics (ONS), fruitful exchange of views on works and experiences, in the area of the statistical capacity development for more accurate statistical activities and the utilization of new data sources for official statistics, were made.
The delegations from Japan and UK agreed to work together for future collaboration on official statistics, especially in the area of capacity development of data scientists and utilization of various data sources.
Website: https://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/bilateral/uk202204.html
RECENT RELEASES
"Population Estimates" (Final estimates, November 1, 2021)
- The total population was 125,443 thousand, a decrease of 663 thousand (0.53%) from the previous year.
- The population under 15 years old was 14,762 thousand, a decrease of 252 thousand (1.68%) from the previous year.
- The population aged 15 to 64 was 74, 458 thousand, a decrease of 591 thousand (0.79%) from the previous year.
- The population aged 65 and over was 36,224 thousand, an increase of 181 thousand (0.50%) from the previous year.
- Japanese population was 122,728 thousand, a decrease of 625 thousand (0.51%) from the previous year.
"Population Estimates" (Provisional estimates, April 1, 2022)
- The total population was 125.19 million, a decrease of 0.67 million (0.53%) from the previous year.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2.html
"Consumer Price Index" (2020-base, Japan, March 2022)
- The consumer price index for Japan was 101.1 (2020=100), up 1.2% over the year before seasonal adjustment, and up 0.4% from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/index.html
"Monthly Report on Internal Migration" (Japan, March 2022)
- The number of internal migrants was 947,081, a decrease of 28,844 (3.0%) from the previous year.
- The number of inter-prefectural migrants was 524,760, a decrease of 11,107 (2.1%) from the previous year.
- The number of intra-prefectural migrants was 422,321, a decrease of 17,737 (4.0%) from the previous year.
- The number of internal migrants was 892,728, a decrease of 23,197 (2.5%) from the previous year.
- The number of inter-prefectural migrants was 493,270, a decrease of 8,478 (1.7%) from the previous year.
- The number of intra-prefectural migrants was 399,458, a decrease of 14,719 (3.6%) from the previous year.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.html
"Labour Force Survey" (Basic Tabulation, March 2022)
- The number of employed persons was 66.84 million, a decrease of 0.11 million from the previous year.
- The number of unemployed persons was 1.80 million, a decrease of 0.09 million from the previous year.
- The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.6%.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.html
"Labour Force Survey" (Basic Tabulation, Quarterly Average Results Jan.-Mar. 2022)
"Monthly Survey on Service Industries" (Preliminary, February 2022)
- Monthly sales: 28.6 trillion yen, up 1.0% over the year.
- Number of persons working at the location of establishment: 29.02 million persons, down 0.6% over the year.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.html
"Consumer Price Index" (Preliminary, 2020-base, Ku-area of Tokyo, April 2022)
- The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo (preliminary) was 101.6 (2020=100), up 2.5% over the year before seasonal adjustment, and up 0.4% from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1581-t.html
"Family Income and Expenditure Survey" (Two-or-more-person Households, March 2022)
[Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households]
- The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household was 307,261 yen, down 0.8% in nominal terms and down 2.3% in real terms from the previous year.
[Income and Expenditures for Workers' Households]
- The average of monthly income per household stood at 503,128 yen, up 3.8% in nominal terms and up 2.3% in real terms from the previous year.
- The average of consumption expenditures per household was 343,686 yen, down 0.1% in nominal terms and down 1.6% in real terms from the previous year.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/156.html
"Family Income and Expenditure Survey" (Total Households, The First Quarter of 2022)
"Family Income and Expenditure Survey" (One-person Households, The First Quarter of 2022)
"Family Income and Expenditure Survey" (Savings and Liabilities, 2021 Yearly Average)
"Family Income and Expenditure Survey" (Savings and Liabilities, The Fourth Quarter of 2021)
"Survey of Household Economy" (Two-or-more-person Households, March 2022)
- Change over the year of Monthly Expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet[Average expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet]
- Average expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet was 20,166 yen (up 8.1% in nominal terms).
[Main Items contributed to the change of Average Expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet]
- Food: up 22.2% in nominal terms
- Travel-related costs: up 51.9% in nominal terms
- Tickets: up 45.6% in nominal terms
- Private transportation: up 19.4% in nominal terms
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.html
"Labour Force Survey" (Detailed Tabulation, Quarterly Average Results Jan.-Mar. 2022)
- The number of the regular employee was 35.68 million, a decrease of 0.10 million from the previous year.
- The number of the non-regular employee was 20.73 million, an increase of 0.08 million from the previous year.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/quarter/dt/index.html