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The 29th Japanese Statistical Mission to Korea
The 29th Japanese Statistical Mission to Korea headed by Mr. NAGASHIMA Katsutoshi, Director-General, Statistical Survey Department, Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ), visited Korea from 2 to 6 September 2024.
They had discussions with the staff of Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) concerning the present situation of Economic Census, utilization of big data from private and public sectors, efforts to improve response rates for statistical survey and auto-coding.
In addition, the mission visited Dongbuk Regional Office of Statistics, and exchanged information about statistical works in local area.
Japan and Korea have been cooperating with each other through the exchange of statistical missions almost every year since 1982. The missions aim to develop official statistics of both countries, and have served as opportunities to discuss the experiences and challenges between the two offices with regard to a wide range of statistical issues, such as organization, surveys, tabulation and data provision, and circumstances of local statistical organizations.
The members of the 29th mission were as follows:
Mr. NAGASHIMA Katsutoshi, Director-General, Statistical Survey Department, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
Ms. AKUTSU Fumika, Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, Statistics Bureau, MIC
Ms. OYAMA Yuko, Chief, International Cooperation Unit, General Affairs Division, Statistics Bureau, MIC
Mr. KURIHARA Naoki, Vice President, National Statistics Center (NSTAC)
Mr. IWAI Kenji, Deputy Director, Corporate Development Division, General Affairs Department, NSTAC
Scene of meeting with Deputy Commissioner of KOSTAT
Scene of discussion (KOSTAT)
Scene of discussion (KOSTAT) 2
Scene of visiting KOSTAT
Scene of visiting Dongbuk Regional Office of Statistics
