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News Bulletin August 29, 2019

August 29, 2019

No.298

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

The 31st Japanese Statistical Mission to China

  The 31st Japanese Statistical Mission to China headed by Mr. SAIKI Shuji, Director-General of the Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ), visited China from July 29 to August 2, 2019.

  The mission visited the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) on July 30. After exchanging greetings with Mr. LI Xiaochao, Deputy Commissioner of the NBS, they had active discussions with the NBS staff concerning promotion of statistical data utilization, reform of statistics on economic activity, and reform of business process for producing statistics.

  In addition, the mission met with Mr. NING Jizhe, Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission and Commissioner of the NBS, Mr. ZHOU Ya, Director-General of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics, and other statisticians in Shanghai on July 31. They had a talk about the importance of continuing the exchange between Japan and China which has contributed to the development of statistics in both countries.

  Furthermore, the mission exchanged experiences and information actively with Mr. ZHANG Guowang, Director-General of the Fujian Provincial Bureau of Statistics, Mr. GUO Huasheng, Head of the Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Statistics, and other statisticians on the statistical activities and systems of local governments in Xiamen, Fujian Province, on August 1.

  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 31st mission were as follows:
Mr. SAIKI Shuji, Director-General, SBJ
Mr. UEYAMA Katsuro, Executive Director, National Statistics Center
Mr. TANIMICHI Seitaro, Director, Statistical Data Utilization Center, SBJ
Mr. UMEZAWA Hideo, Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, SBJ

  Website: https://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/bilateral/china201908.html

The 4th Country-Focused Training in Japan for Project for Developing Statistical Quality System at CAPMAS

  8 officials from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) of Egypt visited Japan from June 29 to July 19, 2019, as a training course of ?Project for Developing Statistical Quality System at CAPMAS?.

  After the courtesy call on the Director-General of the Statistical Survey Department of the Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ), they learned various topics such as the ?Economic Census?, ?Retail Price Survey and CPI?, ?Statistical GIS? and ?Open data?.

  The officials from CAPMAS also presented various surveys in Egypt and exchanged views with SBJ staff.

  Furthermore, they took a trip to Shiga to learn experiences and information on the statistical activities and systems of the Shiga Prefectural Government and exchanged views with prefectural officers. They also visited the Statistical Data Utilization Center in Wakayama.

  The SBJ has supported CAPMAS to develop statistical quality system, cooperating with this project produced by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) since 2016. This fourth country-focused training in Japan was conducted following the first training (September 23 to October 15, 2017), the second training (February 11 to March 4, 2018), and the third training (September 29 to October 20, 2018).

  Website of the 4th Country-Focused Training in Japan: https://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/egypt/egypt06.html

RECENT RELEASES

July 19, 2019

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

• The consumer price index for Japan in June 2019 was 101.6 (2015=100), up 0.7 % 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/index.html

July 22, 2019

Population Estimates (February 1, 2019 (Final estimates), July 1, 2019 Provisional estimates))

- As of July 1, 2019 (Provisional estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 126.22 million, a decrease of 0.31 million (0.24 percent) from the previous year.

- As of February 1, 2019 (Final estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 126,310 thousand, a decrease of 299 thousand (0.24 percent) from the previous year.
• The population under 15 years old was 15,353 thousand, a decrease of 184 thousand (1.19 percent) from the previous year.
• The population aged 15 to 64 was 75,281 thousand, a decrease of 500 thousand (0.66 percent) from the previous year.
• The population aged 65 and over was 35,675 thousand, an increase of 385 thousand (1.09 percent) from the previous year.

<Japanese Population>

• Japanese population was 124,058 thousand, a decrease of 438 thousand (0.35 percent) from the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2.html

July 26, 2019

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

• The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in July 2019 (preliminary) was 101.5 (2015=100), up 0.9 % over the year before seasonal adjustment, and up 0.1 % from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1581-t.html
   

July 30, 2019

Monthly Report on Internal Migration in Japan (June 2019)

• The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 351,394 an increase of 7,881 (2.3 %) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 156,481, an increase of 5,342 (3.5 %) from the previous year.
• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 194,913, an increase of 2,539 (1.3 %) from the previous year.
• The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 314,638, an increase of 3,633 (1.2 %) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 137,504, an increase of 2,496 (1.8 %) from the previous year.

• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 177,134, an increase of 1,137 (0.6 %) from the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.html

  Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation) (June 2019)

  • The number of employed persons in June 2019 was 67.47 million, an increase of 600 thousand or 0.9 % from the previous year.
  • The number of unemployed persons in June 2019 was 1.62 million, a decrease of 60 thousand or 3.6 % from the previous year.

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

  July 31, 2019

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

  • Monthly sales: 30.7 trillion yen, up 1.4 % over the year.

  • Number of persons working at the Location of Establishment: 30.23 million persons, up 0.5 % over the year.
    
    https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.html
     

  Annual Survey on Service Industries (2018 (preliminary))

  • Annual Sales (2017): 313.9 trillion yen, an increase of 2.0 % from the previous year.
    
    https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka/index.html#kakudai
     

     

  August 6, 2019

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

  • Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
    The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for June 2019 was 276,882 yen, up **3.5% in nominal terms and up **2.7% in real terms from the previous year.

  • Income and Expenditures for Workers? Households
    The average of monthly income per household stood at 880,805 yen, up **4.3 % in nominal terms and up **3.5 % in real terms from the previous year.
    The average of consumption expenditures per household was 308,425yen, up **5.6 % in nominal terms and up **4.8 % 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

   

  Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Total Households) (The second quarter of 2019)

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

   

  Survey of Household Economy (June 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 14,345 yen (up 17.1% in nominal terms).

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

  • Travel-related costs: up 10.6 % in nominal terms
  • Tickets: up 55.9 % in nominal terms
  • Food: up 19.4 % in nominal terms

  • Home electric appliances: up 41.6 % in nominal terms
    
    https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.html
     

  "Labour Force Survey (Detailed Tabulation)" (Quarterly Average Results - Apr.-Jun. 2019 -)

  • The number of the regular employee was 35.13 million, an increase of 290 thousand from the previous year.

  • The number of the non-regular employee was 21.24 million, an increase of 290 thousand from the previous year.
    
    https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/quarter/dt/index.html

  
  

  

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