News Bulletin Octorber 31, 2023
Octorber 31, 2023
No.348
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
The SBJ conducted the 2023 Housing and Land Survey
The SBJ conducted the 2023 Housing and Land Survey as of 1 October 2023. The Housing and Land Survey is the most fundamental statistical survey conducted on housing conditions in order to acquire basic data for formulating various housing-related policy measures, by investigating the actual conditions of dwellings and other occupied buildings, and the inhabiting households thereof in our country to clarify the present circumstances and trends for the whole country, major metropolitan areas, and prefectures.
In light of the increasing need for measures against vacant houses year by year, the 2023 Housing and Land Survey is mainly aimed to grasp the ownership of vacant houses and to better understand how the elderly live in Japan's super-aging society.
The Housing and Land Survey has been conducted every five years since 1948, the 2023 survey marks the sixteenth of its kind.
New release of the Statistical Handbook of Japan 2023
The Statistical Handbook of Japan 2023 is designed to provide a clear and coherent overview of present-day Japan through statistics. It includes statistical tables, figures, maps, and photographs to portray Japan from a variety of perspectives like demographics, economic and social trends, culture and all.
This Handbook is published annually in September and the latest version is accessible at the following website. https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/index.html
MAJOR INDICATORS
See the links below for the latest results.
- 1. Labour Force Survey
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/database?page=1&toukei=00200531&kikan=00200&tstat=000000110001 - 2. Consumer Price Index
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?page=1&toukei=00200573&kikan=00200&tstat=000001150147 - 3. Family Income and Expenditure Survey
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?page=1&toukei=00200561&kikan=00200&tstat=000000330001 - 4. Monthly Survey on Service Industries
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?page=1&toukei=00200544&tstat=000001033747 - 5. Population Estimates
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?page=1&toukei=00200524&kikan=00200&tstat=000000090001 - 6. Report on Internal Migration in Japan
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?page=1&toukei=00200523&kikan=00200&tstat=000000070001
is "Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan" (external site) where you can browse statistics tables and database.