The national statistical systems are constantly evolving all over the world, and several countries recently enacted or renewed the legislations giving foundations for official statistics. Japan is no exception, and a new act was passed by the Parliament in May 2007 to replace the Statistics Act that had been in effect since 1947. By the new act, ?Statistics Commission?, a high-level consultative organ that assumes a leadership for development of official statistics, established in the Cabinet Office in October 2007, and after preparatory works for over a year the new act will be fully enacted in the spring of 2009.
  According to the above-memtioned situation, this symposium was held to exchange views and experiences in regard to the development of official statistics from an international perspective.

  Cabinet Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  (Supported by National Statistics Center)

  Date: 27 November 2007
  Venue: U Thant Conference Hall of the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan     Access Map
              (53-70, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan)



  Dr. Paul Cheung, Director, United Nations Statistics Division
  Ms. Katherine Wallman, Chief Statistician, Office of Management and Budget, USA
  Mr. Mike Hughes, Director of National Statistics and Policy Group, Office for National Statistics, UK
  Mr. Brian Pink, Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics
  Mr. Lin Xianyu, Deputy Commissioner, National Bureau of Statistics, China
  Mr. HAN, Sung Hee, Director, Training Management Division, Statistical Training Institute,
                                    Korea National Statistical Office


  Dr. Kei Takeuchi, Chairman, Statistics Commission
  Dr. Masahiro Kuroda, President, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
  Mr. Shigeru Kawasaki, Director-General, Statistics Bureau of Japan
  etc.

5. Agenda