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The 31st Korean Statistical Mission to Japan (June 2025)
The 31st statistical mission from Republic of Korea, headed by Mr. Seongheon SONG, Director General, Statistical Human Resources Development Institute (SHRDI), Statistics Korea (KOSTAT), visited Japan from June 9 to 13, 2025.
Following an exchange of greetings with the senior officials of the SBJ, they discussed several topics with the SBJ officials on "National statistics system" furthermore, with officials from Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and National Institute of Population and Social Security Research on "Statistics on causes of death" and "Marital fertility rates."
They also discussed on "Functions and roles of the statistical research and training institutes" at the Statistical Research and Training Institute (SRTI).
After that, they visited Statistical Data Utilization Center in Wakayama Prefecture and discussed "Introduction to the Statistical Data Center."
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 31st Korean Statistical Mission to Japan:
Mr. Seongheon SONG, Director General, SHRDI, KOSTAT, Head of Delegation (Front row, second from left)
Dr. Hyun Jung PARK, Director, Vital Statistics Division, Social Statistics Bureau, KOSTAT (Front row, far-left)
Dr. Sunhee PARK, Senior Deputy Director, Research Planning Division, Statistics Research Institute (SRI), KOSTAT (Back row, third from left)
Mr. Seungbin PARK, Deputy Director, Training Planning Division, SHRDI, KOSTAT (Back row, second from left)
Ms. Hyein KANG, Assistant Director, International Cooperation Division, Director General for Planning & Coordination, KOSTAT (Back row, far-left)
Group photo
Discussion
Visiting SRTI
Visiting Statistical Data Utilization Center
