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News Bulletin November 13, 2015
November 13, 2015
No.253
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
The delegation from Vietnam visited the Statistics Bureau of Japan
The delegation from Vietnam, headed by Mr. Nguyen Van Lieu, Deputy Director-General, General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO), visited SBJ from October 19 to 23, 2015, to learn the utilization method of ICT in the field of statistics.
During the visit, they exchanged greetings with the senior officials of SBJ, and were given information on several topics by the SBJ staff: Outline of the Statistics Bureau, Outline of the Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan (e-Stat), Project of Open Data for Official Statistics, Relationship between Statistics and Big data, and Outline of "The Report on Internal Migration in Japan", etc.
On October 22, they paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Atsushi KOGA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.
Their visit is based on the Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between GSO and SBJ, which was signed on January 14, 2015, to establish the basis for in depth cooperation between both sides in the area of statistics and other related fields of mutual interests.
The delegation members from Vietnam:
Mr. Nguyen Van Lieu, Deputy Director-General, GSO
Mr. Cao Van Hoach, Deputy Director , Statistical Methodology and ICT Department of GSO
Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, Deputy Director, Administrator Department, GSO
Mr. Nguyen Gia Luyen, Director, Center of Statistic Information System No.1, GSO
Mr. Tran Van Hoa, Director, Center of Statistic Information System No.3, GSO
Ms. Tran Thi Kim Nga, Deputy Director, Khanh Hoa Provincial Statistics Office of GSO
Website:http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/bilateral/viet201510.htm
Visitors
On November 4, 14 statistical officials of the participants in the "Knowledge Co-Creation Program (Young Leaders) for Thailand/ Policy on Information and Communication Technology Course" of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), visited SBJ to learn about the statistical works in Japan.
RECENT RELEASES
October 16 2015
"Survey of Household Economy" (Items Related to Expenditure) August 2015 (final)
- Summary Results of the August 2015 (final) Survey of Household Economy (Items Related to Expenditure) (Two-or-more-person households)
- Change over the year of Monthly Expenditure per household on Main Items
[Main Items increased in real terms]
- TV: up 53.5% in nominal terms and 41.2% in real terms
- Mobile telephones unit prices (cell phone, PHS): up 49.0% in nominal terms and 39.0% in real terms
- Refrigerators: up 12.6% in nominal terms and 22.9% in real terms
- Air conditioners: up 19.6% in nominal terms and 19.2% in real terms
[Main Items decreased in real terms]
- Accessories: down 24.4% in nominal terms and 27.2% in real terms
- Package tour costs (overseas): down 28.7% in nominal terms and 27.1% in real terms
- Airplane fares: down 17.7% in nominal terms and 20.5% in real terms
Women's one-piece dresses and suits: down 10.8% in nominal terms and 11.0% in real terms
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.htm
October 20 2015
"Population Estimates" (October 2015)
- As of October 1, 2015 (Provisional estimates)
[Total Population]
- The total population was 126.89 million, a decrease of 0.20 million (0.16%) from the previous year.
- As of May 1, 2015 (Final estimates)
[Total Population]
- The total population was 126,904 thousand, a decrease of 193 thousand (0.15%) from the previous year.
- The population aged 0 to 14 was 16,152 thousand, a decrease of 147 thousand (0.90%) from the previous year.
- The population aged 15 to 64 was 77,198 thousand, a decrease of 1,028 thousand (1.31%) from the previous year.
- The population aged 65 and over was 33,554 thousand, an increase of 982 thousand (3.01%) from the previous year.
Japanese population was 125,222 thousand, a decrease of 273 thousand (0.22%) from the previous year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/tsuki/index.htm
October 29 2015
"Monthly Report on Internal Migration in Japan" (September 2015)
- The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 394,589, an increase of 33,799(9.4%) from the previous year.
- The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 172,457, an increase of 12,057 (7.5%) from the previous year.
- The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 222,132, an increase of 21,742 (10.8%) from the previous year.
- The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 366,577, an increase of 30,734 (9.2%) from the previous year.
- The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 159,134, an increase of 10,765 (7.3%) from the previous year.
The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 207,443, an increase of 19,969 (10.7%) from the previous year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.htm
October 30 2015
"Retail Price Survey" (September 2015, Main Cities (October 2015, Ku-area of Tokyo))
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kouri/doukou/15i2.htm
Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Two-or-more-person Households: September 2015)
Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for September 2015 was 274,309 yen, down 0.3% in nominal terms and down 0.4% in real terms from the previous year.
Income and Expenditures for Workers' Households
The average of monthly income per household stood at 415,467 yen, down 1.5% in nominal terms and down 1.6% in real terms from the previous year.
The average of consumption expenditures per household was 298,733 yen, down 1.6% in nominal terms and down 1.7% in real terms from the previous year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/156.htm
Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Savings and Liabilities) (The second quarter of 2015)
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/sav/index.htm
Consumer Price Index (2010-base) (September 2015, Japan / October 2015, Ku-area of Tokyo (preliminary))
- The consumer price index for Japan in September 2015 was 103.9 (2010=100), up 0.1% from the previous month, and the same level as the previous year.
The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in October 2015 (preliminary) was 102.3 (2010=100), up 0.1% from the previous month, and up 0.1% over the year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1581.htm
"Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation)" (September 2015)
- The number of employed persons in September 2015 was 64.39 million, an increase of 370 thousand or 0.6% from the previous year.
- The number of unemployed persons in September 2015 was 2.27 million, a decrease of 60 thousand or 2.6% from the previous year.
The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 3.4%.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.htm
"Labour Force Survey(Basic Tabulation)" Quarterly Average Results -Jul.-Sep.2015-
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/quarter/ft/index.htm
"Monthly Survey on Service Industries" August 2015 (preliminary)
- Monthly sales: 28.5 trillion yen, up 2.8% over the year.
- Demand Situation DI: -0.1 over the year.
- Number of persons working at the Location of Establishment: 28.73 million persons, up 0.9% over the year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.htm
November 10 2015
"Labour Force Survey(Detailed Tabulation)" (Quarterly Average Results - Jul.-Sep. 2015 -)
- The number of the regular employee was 33.29 million, an increase of 240 thousand from the previous year.
The number of the non-regular employee was 19.71 million, an increase of 190 thousand from the previous year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/quarter/dt/index.htm
