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E-mail:training@soumu.go.jp
The Statistical Research and Training Institute aims to promote the development and the dissemination of statistical knowledge, and to contribute to the development of statistical systems in Japan and globally. The Institute has four main functions: 1) statistical research, 2) statistical training, 3) compilation and publication of the Statistical Yearbook and other statistical compendia, and 4) statistical library services.
Note:
The Institute provides statistical training courses in
Japanese language only for civil servants of national and local governments
within the country. Non-Japanese or those not in the
Japanese civil service system, therefore, cannot apply for the
training courses described here.
The
Institute was founded in 1921 as the Statistics Staff Training Institute within
the Census Office (Kokusei-in). After being suspended from 1943 to 1946,
in 1948 it became a permanent body attached to the successor agency to the Kokusei-in,
the Statistics Bureau of the Prime Minister's Agency.
In 1971, the Institute opened its courses to all personnel of
the national and local governments and public corporations, and was renamed the
Statistical Training Institute of the Statistics Bureau.
In 1978, the present building was constructed. In the 1984
administrative reforms, the Institute became a subsidiary body of the Statistics
Center of the Management and Coordination Agency.
During the 2001 administrative reforms when the Ministry of
Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) was established, the Institute was
transformed into the Statistical Research and Training Institute (by integrating
the research and publishing functions as well as the library). This was done in order to establish a
more systematic connection between research and training.
In April 2003, the Statistical Research and Training
Institute was designated an independent educational institution of the MIC.
The Institute fulfills the roles of a central statistical training institute as well as a special training institute for statistics in Japan. It provides various statistical training courses for the personnel of national and local governments with the aim of imparting statistical knowledge and skills in duties such as the compilation of statistics, statistical analysis, and the use of statistical data.
The Comprehensive Course aims to provide extensive and comprehensive knowledge, theories and analytical skills in statistics required in various administrative fields.
The Thematic Courses mainly aim to provide knowledge, theories and analytical skills in statistics by constituent subjects of the Comprehensive Course such as 'Designing Statistical Surveys', 'Population Estimation' and 'National and Prefectural Accounts.'
The Specialized Courses aim to provide basic statistical knowledge required for practical work, and knowledge and technical skills in the specific fields of statistics in various forms.
Statistical Training Courses (FY2011)
The lecturers of the Institute are comprised of professors, associate professors and lecturers of national and private universities, researchers of research institutions, the personnel of ministries and agencies, and the instructors of the Institute.
Statistical Training
To meet the statistical needs of Japan's social and economic trends, the Chief Research Officer in the Research Office is in charge of the following activities.
(a) Research on the advanced use of statistics
(b) Review of recent trends in research on statistical technology
(c) Research for planning new statistical training courses
Regarding research on the advanced use of statistics, various joint-
research projects are carried out in collaboration with guest researchers.
The results of each joint research are published in a "Research Paper",
and its summary is placed on the website.
Recent joint-research themes are as follows.
(a) Statistical Analysis for Anti-seismic Reinforcement of Japanese Housing
(b) A Duration Model Analysis of Labor Market Status Transitions with Special Surveys of Labor Force Surveys
(c) An Analysis on the Japanese Youth's Regular/Non-Regular Employment and Unemployment
(d) An Analysis on Japanese Male and Female Job Search Behavior Following Job Quit
(e) Measuring Trend in Hours Worked Using Japanese Micro Data (Part1): Analysis for Prime Age Male Regular Employees
(f) Measuring Trend in Hours Worked Using Japanese Micro Data (Part2): Analysis for Prime Age Female Regular Employees
(g) An Empirical Analysis on Long Working Hours among Japanese Males in the 2000s - Examinations by Labor Force Survey
(h) On the Structure and Income of Family Which Bring Up Children Before Entering School. An Analysis of National Survey of Family Income and Expenditure 1984-2004
Several researches other than the joint research are made in the Institute.
The "Research Memoir of Official Statistics" is published once a year, as a rule, and aims to publicize and introduce the results of research on statistics carried out in the Bureau and Institute.
The Institute has joined the Japan Statistical Society, the Population Association of Japan, and the Geographic Information Systems Association together with the Bureau. At the annual meeting of each academic society, several staff members of the Institute and the Bureau present reports concerning the results of individual research, and collect the latest information on research trends in each field.
The Institute compiles statistical compendia covering economic and social statistics, and other statistics, to meet a wide variety of statistical needs. The major statistical compendia are listed below. The Bureau's website (http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/index.htm) provides the following contents.
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The Statistical Library has acquired a considerable volume of statistical
materials since the Meiji-era (mid 18th century) as a library of statistical specialties. As for the book collection, the library now has around 270,000 domestic and foreign statistical books, including those of the Bureau's. Bibliographic information can be retrieved via the bibliotheca search engine on the website of the library and the Statistics Research and Training Institute. Moreover, a consultation service concerning statistical information, such as the whereabouts of statistical data, is provided, and a "Statistical data FAQ" in which past consultation cases are given, is posted on the Statistical Research and Training Institute website. The Statistical Library is specified as a branch library of the National Diet Library. |
 Statistical Library |
| The Statistical Museum was established on October 18 (Statistics Day in Japan) in 1991 in the annex to the Statistics Bureau building to mark the 120th anniversary of the Bureau. A document concerning statistics at the beginning of the Meiji-era, the start of material concerning the first Population Census, and old equipment, etc. have been exhibited in the pavilion. It introduces, in plain terms, the history of statistics and statistical systems used in statistical research via exhibits and panels, etc. |
 Statistical Museum |
