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News Bulletin January 28, 2020

January 28, 2020

No.303

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

The Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) published the Japan Statistical Yearbook 2020

The Japan Statistical Yearbook is the comprehensive and systematic summary of basic statistical information of Japan covering wide-ranging fields such as Land, Population, Economy, Society, Culture, and so on.

The yearbook covers all fields of statistics published by government and private organisations.

This volume contains 30 fields, 540 tables, including outline of the survey and explanation of terms.

As the statistical tables of the Yearbook are available in English, it can be useful to introduce information on Japan.

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

RECENT RELEASES

December 20, 2019

"Population Estimates" (July 1, 2019 (Final estimates), December 1, 2019 (Provisional estimates))

- As of December 1, 2019 (Provisional estimates)

The total population was 126.15 million, a decrease of 0.28 million (0.22 percent) from the previous year.

- As of July 1, 2019 (Final estimates)

The total population was 126,265 thousand, a decrease of 264 thousand (0.21 percent) from the previous year.
The population under 15 years old was 15,285 thousand, a decrease of 200 thousand (1.29 percent) from the previous year.
The population aged 15 to 64 was 75,179 thousand, a decrease of 393 thousand (0.52 percent) from the previous year.
The population aged 65 and over was 35,801 thousand, an increase of 329 thousand (0.93 percent) from the previous year.

Japanese population was 123,881 thousand, a decrease of 468 thousand (0.38 percent) from the previous year.

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

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

The consumer price index for Japan in November 2019 was 102.3 (2015=100), up 0.5 % over the year before seasonal adjustment, and up 0.2 % from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.

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

December 26, 2019

"Monthly Report on Internal Migration in Japan" (November 2019)

The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 336,866 a decrease of 14,350 (4.1 %) from the previous year.
The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 139,634, a decrease of 4,483 (3.1 %) from the previous year.
The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 197,232, a decrease of 9,867 (4.8 %) from the previous year.
The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 298,343, a decrease of 14,909 (4.8 %) from the previous year.
The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 119,512, a decrease of 4,783 (3.8 %) from the previous year.
The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 178,831, a decrease of 10,126 (5.4 %) from the previous year.

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

December 27, 2019

"Monthly Survey on Service Industries" (October 2019 (preliminary))

Monthly sales: 30.9 trillion yen, down 2.5 % over the year.
Number of persons working at the Location of Establishment: 30.15 million persons, the same level as the previous year.

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

"Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation)" (November 2019)

The number of employed persons in November 2019 was 67.62 million, an increase of 530 thousand or 0.8 % from the previous year.
The number of unemployed persons in November 2019 was 1.51 million, a decrease of 170 thousand or 10.1 % from the previous year.
The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.2 %.

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

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

The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in December 2019 (preliminary) was 102.1 (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

January 10, 2020

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

Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for November 2019 was 278,765 yen, down **1.4 % in nominal terms and down **2.0 % in real terms from the previous year.
Income and Expenditures for Workers? Households
The average of monthly income per household stood at 475,548 yen, up **2.5 % in nominal terms and up **1.9 % in real terms from the previous year.
The average of consumption expenditures per household was 303,986 yen, down **0.8 % in nominal terms and down **1.4 % 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

"Survey of Household Economy" (November 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 was 14,335 yen (up 4.2 % in nominal terms).

Travel-related costs: up 9.2 % in nominal terms
Insurance: up 19.4 % in nominal terms
Home electronics: up 7.8 % in nominal terms
Digital contents: up 18.8 % in nominal terms

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

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