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News Bulletin April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

No.294

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal 2019 Budget for the Statistics Bureau and the Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards) Approved

  The Japanese government's budget for fiscal year 2019 was passed by the Diet on March 27, 2019. The nation's budget for general account spending is approximately 101.5 trillion yen, which marked a record high.

  The total budget for the Statistics Bureau and the Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards), excluding regular personnel expenses, is approximately 29.6 billion yen.

  The major items of the budget are as follows:

RECENT RELEASES

March 20, 2019

"Population Estimates? (October 1, 2018(Final estimates), March 1, 2019(Provisional estimates))

- As of March 1, 2019 (Provisional estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 126.22 million, a decrease of 0.27 million (0.22 percent) from the previous year.

- As of October 1, 2018 (Final estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 126,443 thousand, a decrease of 263 thousand (0.21 percent) from the previous year.
• The population under 15 years old was 15,415 thousand, a decrease of 178 thousand (1.14 percent) from the previous year.
• The population aged 15 to 64 was 75,451 thousand, a decrease of 512 thousand (0.67 percent) from the previous year.
• The population aged 65 and over was 35,578 thousand, an increase of 426 thousand (1.21 percent) from the previous year.

<Japanese Population>

• Japanese population was 124,218 thousand, a decrease of 430 thousand (0.35 percent) from the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2.html

March 22, 2019

Consumer Price Index (2015-base) (February 2019, Japan)

• The consumer price index for Japan in February 2019 was 101.5 (2015=100), up 0.2 % 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-z.html

March 26, 2019

Monthly Report on Internal Migration in Japan (February 2019)

• The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 369,900, an increase of 9,399 (2.6 %) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 160,946, an increase of 5,835 (3.8 %) from the previous year.
• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 208,954, an increase of 3,564 (1.7 %) from the previous year.
• The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 334,916, an increase of 7,341 (2.2 %) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 142,959, an increase of 4,942 (3.6 %) from the previous year.

• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 191,957, an increase of 2,399 (1.3 %) from the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.html

March 29, 2019

"Annual Survey on Service Industries" (2017 (Final))

• Annual Sales (2016): 307.6 trillion yen, an increase of 2.3 % from previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka/index.html#kakudai
   

Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation) (February 2019)

• The number of employed persons in February 2019 was 66.56 million, an increase of 780 thousand or 1.2 % from the previous year.
• The number of unemployed persons in February 2019 was 1.56 million, a decrease of 100 thousand or 6.0 % from the previous year.

• The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.3 %.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.html

Consumer Price Index (2015-base) (March 2019, Ku-area of Tokyo (preliminary))

• The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in March 2019 (preliminary) was 101.4 (2015=100), up 0.9 % 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
   

April 1, 2019

Monthly Survey on Service Industries (January 2019 (preliminary))

• Monthly sales: 29.9 trillion yen, up 1.4 % over the year.

• Number of persons working at the Location of Establishment: 29.89 million persons, up 0.3 % over the year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.html
   

April 5, 2019

Survey of Household Economy (February 2019) (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>

• Average expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet was 12,974 yen (up 30.3 % in nominal terms).

<Main Items contributed to the change of Average Expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet>

• Travel-related costs: up 44.5 % in nominal terms
• Food: up 38.9 % in nominal terms
• Clothing, footwear: up 28.3 % in nominal terms

• Tickets: up 58.1 % in nominal terms
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.html
   

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Two-or-more-person Households: February 2019)

• Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
  The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for February 2019 was 271,232 yen, up **1.9 % in nominal terms and up **1.7 % in real terms from the previous year.

• Income and Expenditures for Workers? Households
  The average of monthly income per household stood at 526,271 yen, up **0.3 % in nominal terms and up **0.1 % in real terms from the previous year.
  The average of consumption expenditures per household was 302,753 yen, up **3.6 % in nominal terms and up **3.4 % 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

April 12, 2019

"Current Population Estimates" (As of October 1st, 2018)

• The total population was 126,443 thousand, a decrease of 263 thousand compared with the previous year. Both the total population and Japanese population decreased for the eighth year in a row.
• The population aged 15 to 64 was 59.7 % of the total population. This figure was the lowest ever since 1950.
• The migration change of the foreign population was positive for six consecutive years.
• The population increased in 7 prefectures including Tokyo-to, while the natural increase was only seen in Okinawa-ken.

• The percentage of the population aged 75 and over exceeds the percentage of the population under 15 years old in 44 prefectures.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2018np/index.html
   

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