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News Bulletin December 15, 2015
December 15, 2015
No.254
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
The 29th Japanese Statistical Mission to China
The 29th Japanese Statistical Mission to China headed by Mr. Satohisa INAMI, Executive Adviser / Former Director-General of Statistical Bureau of Japan (SBJ), visited China from 16 to 21 November 2015.
They discussed with the staff of the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) about China's Statistical System and its Challenges, Public Relations Activities in Statistics, Implementation Status of the 1% Population Sampling Survey in 2015, and the Result of the 2013 Economic Census and Challenges of the 2018 Economic Census.
In addition, the mission visited Chengdu, and exchanged information about Local statistics work and the implementation of the 1% Population Sampling Census.
Japan and China have been cooperating with each other through the exchange of statistical missions almost every year since 1980. 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. Satohisa INAMI, Executive Adviser / Former Director-General, SBJ, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
Mr. Taijiro AKO, Director, Statistical Information Systems Division, SBJ, MIC
Mr. Yukio KOMURO, Director-General, Administrative Department, National Statistics Center (NSTAC)
Mr. Hiroshi OGAWA, Director, Office for Economic Census Data Processing Statistical Data Processing Policy Division, Statistical Data Processing Department, NSTAC
Website: http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/bilateral/china2015.htm
Visitors
The following people visited SBJ to learn about the statistical works in Japan, respectively:
The Chinese delegation from Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Statistics (November 24)
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info//meetings/receiving/china1511.htm
4 members from Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS) (December 2)
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info//meetings/receiving/china1512.htm
Chief Statistician of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (December 4)
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info//meetings/receiving/pakistan1512.htm
15 statistical officials of the participants in the "Knowledge Co-Creation Program (Young Leaders) for Myanmar/ Policy on Information and Communication Technology Course" of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) (December 8)
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info//meetings/receiving/pajica1512.htm
RECENT RELEASES
November 13 2015
"Survey of Household Economy" (Items Related to Expenditure) September 2015 (final) and July 2015-September 2015 (final), (Items Related to Information and Communication Technology (ICT)) (July 2015- September 2015)
- Summary Results of the September 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]
- Mobile telephones unit prices (cell phone, PHS): up 75.5% in nominal terms and 55.9% in real terms
- TV: up 40.5% in nominal terms and 18.9% in real terms
- Video cameras: up 4.3% in nominal terms and 13.2% in real terms
- Video recorders (DVD or Blu-ray recorder, player, etc.): up 2.4% in nominal terms and 4.5% in real terms
[Main Items decreased in real terms]
- Package tour costs (overseas): down 44.2% in nominal terms and 44.9% in real terms
- Automobiles (new): down 28.0% in nominal terms and 28.4% in real terms
- Washing machines: down 14.4% in nominal terms and 23.1% in real terms
Water supply and drainage construction costs: down 20.7% in nominal terms and 21.7% in real terms
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.htm
Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Total Households) (The third quarter of 2015)
- Expenditures for Total Households
The quarterly average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for July-September 2015 was 240,794 yen, down 0.3% in nominal terms and down 0.6% in real terms from the previous year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/sav/index.htm
Family Income and Expenditure Survey (One-person Households)(The third quarter of 2015)
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/tanshin/2.htm
November 20 2015
Unincorporated Enterprise Survey (Trend survey) (July to September 2015)
- The sales per establishment for July-September 2015 increased by 1.6% in "Accommodations and food services", and decreased by 0.2% in "Manufacturing" and 13.0% in "Wholesale and retail trade" and 1.2% in "Services", respectively over the previous year (corresponding period).
- The net operating profit per establishment for July-September 2015 increased by 7.8% in "Manufacturing" and 3.0% in "Services", and decreased by 1.1% in "Wholesale and retail trade" and 12.4% in "Accommodations and food services", respectively over the previous year (corresponding period).
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kojinke/index.htm
"Population Estimates" (November 2015)
- As of November 1, 2015 (Provisional estimates)
[Total Population]
- The total population was 126.89 million, a decrease of 0.19 million (0.15%) from the previous year.
- As of June 1, 2015 (Final estimates)
[Total Population]
- The total population was 126,929 thousand, a decrease of 183 thousand (0.14%) from the previous year.
- The population aged 0 to 14 was 16,139 thousand, a decrease of 146 thousand (0.90%) from the previous year.
- The population aged 15 to 64 was 77,184 thousand, a decrease of 993 thousand (1.27%) from the previous year.
- The population aged 65 and over was 33,606 thousand, an increase of 956 thousand (2.93%) from the previous year.
Japanese population was 125,208 thousand, a decrease of 273 thousand (0.22%) from the previous year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/tsuki/index.htm
November 26 2015
"Monthly Report on Internal Migration in Japan" (October 2015)
- The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 406,352, an increase of 26,036(6.8%) from the previous year.
- The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 179,300, an increase of 15,318 (9.3%) from the previous year.
- The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 227,052, an increase of 10,718 (5.0%) from the previous year.
- The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 374,565, an increase of 21,786 (6.2%) from the previous year.
- The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 164,326, an increase of 13,261 (8.8%) from the previous year.
The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 210,239, an increase of 8,525 (4.2%) from the previous year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.htm
November 27 2015
"Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation)" (October 2015)
- The number of employed persons in October 2015 was 64.32 million, an increase of 420 thousand or 0.7% from the previous year.
- The number of unemployed persons in October 2015 was 2.08 million, a decrease of 250 thousand or 10.7% from the previous year.
The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 3.1%.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.htm
Consumer Price Index (2010-base) (October 2015, Japan / November 2015, Ku-area of Tokyo (preliminary))
- The consumer price index for Japan in October 2015 was 103.9 (2010=100), down 0.1% from the previous month, and up 0.3% over the year.
The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in November 2015 (preliminary) was 101.9 (2010=100), down 0.4% from the previous month, and up 0.2% over the year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1581.htm
Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Two-or-more-person Households: October 2015)
Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for October 2015 was 282,401 yen, down 2.1% in nominal terms and down 2.4% in real terms from the previous year.
Income and Expenditures for Workers' Households
The average of monthly income per household stood at 485,330 yen, down 0.6% in nominal terms and down 0.9% in real terms from the previous year.
The average of consumption expenditures per household was 309,761 yen, down 2.0% in nominal terms and down 2.3% in real terms from the previous year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/156.htm
"Retail Price Survey" (October 2015, Main Cities (November 2015, Ku-area of Tokyo))
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kouri/doukou/15i2.htm
November 30 2015
"Monthly Survey on Service Industries" (September 2015(preliminary)
- Monthly sales: 30.1 trillion yen, up 3.1% over the year.
- Demand Situation DI: 0.1 over the year.
- Number of persons working at the Location of Establishment: 28.68 million persons, up 0.9% over the year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.htm
2014 Economic Census for Business Frame (Complete Tabulation)
- As of July 1, 2014, the number of privately owned establishments in Japan was 5,779,072 (up 0.2% from the 2012 Economic Census for Business Activity).
- The number of persons engaged was 57.428 million (up 2.8% from the same).
- The number of enterprises in Japan was 4,098,284.
- The amount of sales (income) of enterprises in 2013 was 1377.7 trillion yen (up 3.2% from the same).
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/e-census/index.htm
WHAT' S NEW IN SBJ WEBSITE
- November 25: "JAPAN STATISTICAL YEARBOOK" (2016)
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/nenkan/index.htm
