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The 30th Korean Statistical Mission to Japan (September 2023)
The 30th statistical mission from Republic of Korea, headed by Mr. Goohyun JUNG, Deputy-Director General for Statistical Service Policy, Statistics Korea (KOSTAT), visited Japan from September 11 to 15, 2023.
After exchanging greetings with the senior officials of the SBJ, they discussed several topics with the SBJ staff: "Statistical Service," "Visualization of Statistics and Provision of OPEN API," and "Producing statistics utilizing administrative data -Register-based Census" etc.
On September 13, they paid a courtesy visit to Mr. HASEGAWA Junji, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.
After that, the mission visited Statistical Data Utilization Center in Wakayama Prefecture and discussed "Data Access for Official Statistics." Furthermore, they visited Research and Statistics Division of Wakayama Prefectural Government and exchanged experiences and information on the statistical activities of local governments.
Japan and Korea have been cooperating to dispatch and invite statistical missions almost every year since 1982. The main purpose of this program is to develop official statistics for both governments. The missions have included discussions on their experiences and challenges with regard to statistical issues, such as organization, surveys, tabulation and dissemination, and circumstances of local statistical organizations.
The members of the 30th Korean Statistical Mission to Japan:
Mr. Goohyun JUNG, Deputy-Director General for Statistical Service Policy, Head of Delegation (Front row, second from left)
Mr. Jinyong SUNG, Deputy Director, Microdata Service Division (Front row, far-left)
Mr. Jaejin LEE, Deputy Director, Statistical Service Planning Division (Back row, third from left)
Ms. Subin NA, Assistant Director, Population Census Division (Back row, secound from left)
Ms.Taeeon KIM, Assistant Director, International Cooperation Division (Back row, far-left)
Group photo
Scene of Words by Mr. Goohyun JUNG, Deputy-Director General for Statistical Service Policy
Scene of discussion
Scene of courtesy call on Mr. HASEGAWA Junji, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Scene of visiting the Statistical Data Utilization Center
Scene of visiting the Wakayama Prefectural Government
