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News Bulletin February 27, 2018

February 27, 2018

No.280

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

The 2nd Statistical Delegation from Mongolia visited the Statistics Bureau of Japan

The 2nd Statistical delegation from Mongolia, headed by Mr. Tsevegdorj Chimedtseren, Director of Administration department, National Statistics Office of Mongolia (NSO), visited SBJ from January 29 to February 4, 2018, to learn Japanese experiences in how to increase the use of statistics among users, what kind of approaches that SBJ uses to the public for efficient data dissemination, and how to improve the data dissemination methods.

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, Portal Site of Official Statistics (e-Stat) and Statistics in Maps (Statistical GIS), System of Online Population Census 2015, Promotion of Use of Statistical Data through Statistics Dashboard, and Japan's Efforts to Promote Secondary Use of Official Statistical Data, etc.

On February 2, they paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Kenji HARADA, Former State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications who visited Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in May 2017, and Mr. Toshihiko WAKO, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination for Internal Affairs and Communications.

Their visit is based on the Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between NSO and SBJ, which was signed on February 9, 2017, 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 Mongolia were as follows:
Mr. Tsevegdorj Chimedtseren, Director of Administration department, NSO
Mr. Myagmarsuren Lkhagva, Director of Information Technology Department, NSO

Website: http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/bilateral/mongolia1801.htm

RECENT RELEASES

January 9, 2018

"Survey of Household Economy" (Items Related to Expenditure) (November 2017)

- Summary Results of the November 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]

Mobile telephones unit prices (cell phone, PHS): up 72.4 % in nominal terms and 71.4 % in real terms
Refrigerators: up 24.0 % in nominal terms and 34.3 % in real terms
Washing machines: up 19.0 % in nominal terms and 15.4 % in real terms

[Main Items decreased in real terms]

Women's one-piece dresses and suits: down 37.2 % in nominal terms and 36.6 % in real terms
Package tour costs (domestic): down 20.7 % in nominal terms and 22.7 % in real terms
House-related equipping/ construction/repair costs: down 10.4 % in nominal terms and 10.9 % in real terms

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.htm

January 22, 2018

"Population Estimates" (August 1, 2017(Final estimates), January 1, 2018(Provisional estimates))

- As of January1, 2018 (Provisional estimates)
[Total Population]

The total population was 126.59 million, a decrease of 0.23 million (0.18 percent) from the previous year.

- As of August 1, 2017 (Final estimates)
[Total Population]

The total population was 126,755 thousand, a decrease of 221 thousand (0.17 percent) from the previous year.
The population under 15 years old was 15,642 thousand, a decrease of 191 thousand (1.21 percent) from the previous year.
The population aged 15 to 64 was 76,052 thousand, a decrease of 598 thousand (0.78 percent) from the previous year.
The population aged 65 and over was 35,061 thousand, an increase of 568 thousand (1.65 percent) from the previous year.

[japanese population]

Japanese population was 124,769 thousand, a decrease of 366 thousand (0.29 percent) from the previous year.

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2.htm

January 26, 2018

Consumer Price Index (2015-base) (Japan December 2017, Ku-area of Tokyo January 2018(preliminary))

The consumer price index for Japan in December 2017 was 101.2 (2015=100), up 1.0 % over the year before seasonal adjustment, and up 0.2 % from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in January 2018 (preliminary) was 100.8 (2015=100), up 1.3 % over the year before seasonal adjustment, and up 0.4 % from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1581.htm

Consumer Price Index (2015-base) (2017 Yearly Average, Japan)

Japan's all items index of consumer prices in 2017 was 100.4 (2015=100), up 0.5 % over the year.

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/158c.htm

Retail Price Survey (December 2017, Main Cities (January 2018, Ku-area of Tokyo))

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kouri/doukou/15i2.htm

January 30, 2018

"Monthly Report on Internal Migration in Japan" (December 2017)

The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 341,345, an increase of 6,904 (2.1 %) from the previous year.
The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 140,922, an increase of 5,563 (4.1 %) from the previous year.
The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 200,423, an increase of 1,341 (0.7 %) from the previous year.
The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 308,919, an increase of 1,392 (0.5 %) from the previous year.
The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 124,343, an increase of 1,998 (1.6 %) from the previous year.
The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 184,576, a decrease of 606 (0.3 %) from the previous year.

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.htm

"Annual Report on Internal Migration in Japan" (2017)

The number of inter-prefectural migrants has increased for the first time since 2015.
The number of positive net-migration for Tokyo-to increased for the first time since 2015. The number of negative net-migration for Fukushima-ken increased by 2,556 persons.
The number of positive net-migration for Tokyo Area increased for the first time since 2015. Nagoya Area and Osaka Area had negative net-migration for the fifth straight year.
More than 70 percent of municipalities in Japan had negative net-migration.
Iwate-ken, Miyagi-ken and Fukushima-ken had negative net-migration.

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.htm

January 31, 2018

"Monthly Survey on Service Industries" (November 2017 (preliminary))

Monthly sales: 30.9 trillion yen, up 2.0 % over the year
Number of persons working at the Location of Establishment: 30.55 million persons, up 1.5 % over the year

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.htm

"Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation)" (December 2017)

The number of employed persons in December 2017 was 65.42 million, an increase of 520 thousand or 0.8 % from the previous year.
The number of unemployed persons in December 2017 was 1.74 million, a decrease of 190 thousand or 9.8 % from the previous year.
The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.8 %.

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.htm

"Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation)" (Quarterly Average Results -Oct.-Dec. 2017-)

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/quarter/ft/index.htm

"Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation)" 2017 Yearly Average Results

The unemployment rate was 2.8 %, a 0.3 point decrease from the previous year. The number of unemployed persons was 1.90 million, a decrease of 180,000 from the previous year.
The number of employed persons was 65.30 million, an increase of 650,000 from the previous year.
The employment rate was 58.8 %, a 0.7 point increase from the previous year.
The number of regular employees was 34.32 million, an increase of 560,000 from the previous year. The number of non-regular employees was 20.36 million, an increase of 130,000 from the previous year.
Those not in the labour force were 43.82 million, a decrease of 500,000 from the previous year.

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/annual/ft/index.htm

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Two-or-more-person Households: December 2017)

Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households

The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for December 2017 was 322,157 yen, up 1.2 % in nominal terms but down 0.1 % in real terms from the previous year.
Income and Expenditures for Workers' Households

The average of monthly income per household stood at 940,875 yen, up 1.7 % in nominal terms and up 0.4 % in real terms from the previous year.

The average of consumption expenditures per household was 352,076 yen, up 0.8 % in nominal terms but down 0.5 % 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 third quarter of 2017)

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/sav/index.htm

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