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News Bulletin June 25, 2018

June 25, 2018

No.284

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Participants of the Training Course Programme by UNSIAP visited Statistics Bureau of Japan

On June 1st, 18 participants of "Second Group Training Programme on Statistical Analysis of Disaggregated SDG Indicators for Inclusive Development Policies" by United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (UNSIAP) visited the Statistics Bureau of Japan as part of the training course. They received lectures on "Outline of the Statistics Bureau", ?Offer of Investigation result and Recent situation about User Support? and so on.

Countries where participants are from:
Albania, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Rep. of), Iraq, Kenya, Lao P.D.R., Malawi, Mali, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Website: https://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/receiving/siap1806.html

RECENT RELEASES

May 18, 2018

Consumer Price Index (2015-base) (April 2018, Japan)

The consumer price index for Japan in April 2018 was 100.9 (2015=100), up 0.6 % over the year before seasonal adjustment, and down 0.4 % from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/index.html

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Savings and Liabilities) (The fourth quarter of 2017)

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/sav/index.html#quarterly

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Savings and Liabilities) (2017 Yearly Average)

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/sav/index.html#yearly

May 21, 2018

"Population Estimates" (December 1, 2017(Final estimates), May 1, 2018(Provisional estimates))

- As of May 1, 2018 (Provisional estimates)

The total population was 126.49 million, a decrease of 0.23 million (0.19 percent) from the previous year.

- As of December 1, 2017 (Final estimates)

The total population was 126,695 thousand, a decrease of 223 thousand (0.18 percent) from the previous year.
The population under 15 years old was 15,563 thousand, a decrease of 182 thousand (1.15 percent) from the previous year.
The population aged 15 to 64 was 75,916 thousand, a decrease of 585 thousand (0.77 percent) from the previous year.
The population aged 65 and over was 35,215 thousand, an increase of 544 thousand (1.57 percent) from the previous year.

Japanese population was 124,576 thousand, a decrease of 379 thousand (0.30 percent) from the previous year.

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2.html

May 23, 2018

Unincorporated Enterprise Survey (Trend survey) (January to March 2018)

The sales per establishment for January-March 2018 increased by 11.0 % in ?Wholesale and retail trade? and 8.6 % in ?Accommodations and food services?, decreased by 13.7 % in ?Manufacturing? and 0.4 % in ?Services?, respectively over the previous year (corresponding period).
The net operating profit per establishment for January-March 2018 increased by 43.6 % in ?Wholesale and retail trade?, 4.3 % in ?Accommodations and food services?, 1.6 % in ?Services?, decreased by 16.7 % in ?Manufacturing?, respectively over the previous year (corresponding period).

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kojinke/index.html

May 25, 2018

Consumer Price Index (2015-base) (May 2018, Ku-area of Tokyo (preliminary))

The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in May 2018 (preliminary) was 100.5 (2015=100), up 0.4% over the year before seasonal adjustment, and the same level as the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1581-t.html

May 29, 2018

"Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation)"(April 2018)

The number of employed persons in April 2018 was 66.71 million, an increase of 1.71 million or 2.6 % from the previous year.
The number of unemployed persons in April 2018 was 1.80 million, a decrease of 170 thousand or 8.6 % from the previous year.
The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.5 %.

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.html

"Monthly Report on Internal Migration in Japan" (April 2018)

The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 761,821, an increase of 12,043 (1.6 %) from the previous year.
The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 411,276, an increase of 7,227 (1.8 %) from the previous year.
The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 350,545, an increase of 4,816 (1.4 %) from the previous year.
The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 712,159, an increase of 10,101 (1.4 %) from the previous year.
The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 384,709, an increase of 6,638 (1.8 %) from the previous year.
The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 327,450, an increase of 3,463 (1.1 %) from the previous year.

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.html

Annual Report on the Labour Force Survey 2017

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/report/2017/index.html

May 31, 2018

"Monthly Survey on Service Industries" (March 2018(preliminary))

Monthly sales: 37.9 trillion yen, up 1.3 % over the year.
Number of persons working at the Location of Establishment: 30.39 million persons, up 1.0 % over the year.

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.html

June 5, 2018

Survey of Household Economy (April 2018) (Two-or-more-person households)

- Change over the year of Monthly Expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet

Average expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet was 11,688 yen (up 22.2 % in nominal terms).

Travel-related costs: up 41.2 % in nominal terms
Clothing, footwear: up 26.1 % in nominal terms
Insurance: up 28.6 % in nominal terms
Automotive-related products: up 56.8 % in nominal terms

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.html

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Two-or-more-person Households: April 2018)

Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for April 2018 was 294,439 yen, down **0.5 % in nominal terms and down **1.3 % in real terms from the previous year.
Income and Expenditures for Workers' Households
The average of monthly income per household stood at 495,370 yen, up **0.6 % in nominal terms but down **0.2 % in real terms from the previous year.
The average of consumption expenditures per household was 334,967 yen, up **1.5 % in nominal terms and up **0.7 % in real terms from the previous year.
**: Discontinuity-adjusted figures

https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/156.html

About ?discontinuity-adjusted figures?:
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/change18.html

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