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News Bulletin April 20, 2017
April 20, 2017
No.270
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
The 1st Japanese Statistical Delegation to Vietnam
The 1st Japanese Statistical Delegation to Vietnam headed by Mr. Masato CHINO, Director-General of Statistical Survey Department, Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) visited Vietnam from 27 February to 3 March 2017.
They had discussions with Mr. Nguyen Van Lieu, Deputy Director-General of General Statistics Office (GSO) and the staff of GSO of Vietnam concerning "The latest SBJ and GSO outline and challenges" and "Using ICT for statistics."
In addition, the delegation visited Da Nang Statistical Office and Thua Thien Hue Statistical Office, and exchanged information about statistical activities at the local level.
The delegation 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 members of the 1st delegation were:
Mr. Masato CHINO, Director-General of Statistical Survey Department, SBJ, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
Ms. Yasuko HORITA, Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, SBJ, MIC
Mr. Shoki NISHIMURA, Deputy Director, Official Statistics Information Systems Division, Statistical Information and Technology Department, National Statistics Center (NSTAC)
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/bilateral/viet201702.htm
Visitors
- A former official at Statistics Austria visited Statistics Bureau of Japan (March 15, 2017)
website:http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/receiving/austria1703.htm
RECENT RELEASES
March 10 2017
"Survey of Household Economy" (Items Related to Expenditure) (January 2017)
- Summary Results of the January 2017 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]
- Automobiles (new): up 16.4% in nominal terms and 16.6% in real terms
- Mobile telephone (cell phone, PHS) charges: up 12.3% in nominal terms and 16.1% in real terms
- Washing machines: up 1.5% in nominal terms and 13.7% in real terms
[Main Items decreased in real terms]
- House-related equipping/ construction/ repair costs: down 42.7% in nominal terms and 43.3% in real terms
- Package tour costs (overseas): down 16.2% in nominal terms and 21.5% in real terms
Video game hardware (excluding software): down 19.2% in nominal terms and 13.2% in real terms
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.htm
March 21 2017
"Population Estimates" (March 2017)
- As of March 1, 2017 (Provisional estimates)
[Total Population]
- The total population was 126.76 million, a decrease of 0.19 million (0.15 percent) from the previous year.
- As of October 1, 2016 (Final estimates)
[Total Population]
- The total population was 126,933 thousand, a decrease of 162 thousand (0.13 percent) from the previous year.
- The population aged 0 to 14 was 15,780 thousand, a decrease of 165 thousand (1.03 percent) from the previous year.
- The population aged 15 to 64 was 76,562 thousand, a decrease of 720 thousand (0.93 percent) from the previous year.
- The population aged 65 and over was 34,591 thousand, an increase of 723 thousand (2.13 percent) from the previous year.
Japanese population was 125,020 thousand, a decrease of 299 thousand (0.24 percent) from the previous year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/tsuki/index.htm
March 23 2017
"Monthly Report on Internal Migration in Japan" (February 2017)
- The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 355,467, a decrease of 19,212 (5.1%) from the previous year.
- The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 152,860, a decrease of 7,440 (4.6%) from the previous year.
- The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 202,607, a decrease of 11,772 (5.5%) from the previous year.
- The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 328,147, a decrease of 21,177 (6.1%) from the previous year.
- The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 139,219, a decrease of 8,727 (5.9%) from the previous year.
The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 188,928, a decrease of 12,450 (6.2%) from the previous year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.htm
March 31 2017
"Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation)" (February 2017)
- The number of employed persons in February 2017 was 64.27 million, an increase of 510 thousand or 0.8% from the previous year.
- The number of unemployed persons in February 2017 was 1.88 million, a decrease of 250 thousand or 11.7% from the previous year.
The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.8%.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.htm
Consumer Price Index (2015-base) (February 2017, Japan / March 2017, Ku-area of Tokyo (preliminary))
- The consumer price index for Japan in February 2017 was 99.8 (2015=100), up 0.3% over the year before seasonal adjustment, and down 0.1% from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in March 2017 (preliminary) was 99.5 (2015=100), down 0.4% over the year before seasonal adjustment, and down 0.2% from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1581.htm
Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Two-or-more-person Households: February 2017)
Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for February 2017 was 260,644 yen, down 3.4% in nominal terms and down 3.8% in real terms from the previous year.
Income and Expenditures for Workers' Households
The average of monthly income per household stood at 484,038 yen, up 1.1% in nominal terms and up 0.7% in real terms from the previous year.
The average of consumption expenditures per household was 298,092 yen, up 0.1% in nominal terms but down 0.3% in real terms from the previous year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/156.htm
"Monthly Survey on Service Industries" (January 2017(preliminary))
- Monthly sales: 29.4 trillion yen, up 1.8% over the year.
- Number of persons working at the Location of Establishment: 30.02 million persons, up 0.4% over the year.
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.htm
"Retail Price Survey" (February 2017, Main Cities (March 2017, Ku-area of Tokyo))
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kouri/doukou/15i2.htm