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News Bulletin February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020

No.304

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Country Focused Training Course on Development of Time Use Survey and Statistical Methods (Including SDGs Indicators) Using IT for CAPMAS

  The Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) in combination with the National Statistics Center (NSTAC) cooperates with the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) in Egypt on the "Country Focused Training Course on Development of Time Use Survey and Statistical Methods (Including SDGs Indicators) Using IT for CAPMAS".

  The training has been conducted for 3 years between January 2020 and December 2022. It aims to strengthen the capacity of CAPMAS for implementation of the time use survey and other statistical surveys using IT. For this purpose, the SBJ offers trainings in order to build and improve the capacity of CAPMAS staff.

RECENT RELEASES

January 20, 2020

"Population Estimates" (August 1, 2019 (Final estimates), January 1, 2020 (Provisional estimates))

- As of January 1, 2020 (Provisional estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 126.02 million, a decrease of 0.30 million (0.23 percent) from the previous year.

- As of August 1, 2019 (Final estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 126,219 thousand, a decrease of 277 thousand (0.22 percent) from the previous year.
• The population under 15 years old was 15,259 thousand, a decrease of 204 thousand (1.32 percent) from the previous year.
• The population aged 15 to 64 was 75,131 thousand, a decrease of 394 thousand (0.52 percent) from the previous year.
• The population aged 65 and over was 35,829 thousand, an increase of 320 thousand (0.90 percent) from the previous year.

<Japanese Population>

• Japanese population was 123,880 thousand, a decrease of 473 thousand (0.38 percent) from the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2.html

January 24, 2020

"Consumer Price Index" (2015-base) (December 2019, Japan)

• The consumer price index for Japan in December 2019 was 102.3 (2015=100), up 0.8 % 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/index.html

"Consumer Price Index" (2015-base) (2019 Yearly Average, Japan)

• Japan's all items index of consumer prices in 2019 was 101.8 (2015=100), up 0.5 % over the year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/158c.html

January 31, 2020

"Consumer Price Index" (2015-base) (January 2020, Ku-area of Tokyo (preliminary))

• The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in January 2020 (preliminary) was 101.9 (2015=100), up 0.6 % over the year before seasonal adjustment, and down 0.1 % from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1581-t.html

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

• The number of employed persons in December 2019 was 67.37 million, an increase of 810 thousand.
• The number of unemployed persons in December 2019 was 1.45 million, a decrease of 140 thousand.

• The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.2 %.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.html

"Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation)" (Quarterly Average Results - Oct.-Dec. 2019 -)

"Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation)" 2019 Yearly Average Resultsspan>

• The unemployment rate was 2.4 %, the same level as the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/annual/ft/index.html

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

• The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 351,063, an increase of 2,794 (0.8 %) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 147,829, an increase of 1,684 (1.2 %) from the previous year.
• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 203,234, an increase of 1,110 (0.5 %) from the previous year.
• The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 311,932, a decrease of 670 (0.2 %) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 127,146, a decrease of 693 (0.5 %) from the previous year.
• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 184,786, an increase of 23 (0.0 %) from the previous year.
   

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

"Annual Report on Internal Migration in Japan" (2019)

• The number of inter-prefectural migrants was 2,568,086, an increase of 32,485 from the previous year.
• The number of positive net-migration was increased in 8 prefectures.
• The number of positive net-migration for Tokyo Area was 148,783, increased by 8,915 persons.
• 26.2 percent of municipalities in Japan had positive net-migration.
• As for Japanese migrants, Tokyo area had positive net-migration for the 24th consecutive year. Both Nagoya area and Osaka area had negative net-migration for the 7th consecutive year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.html

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

• Monthly sales: 31.2 trillion yen, down 0.9 % over the year.

• Number of persons working at the Location of Establishment: 30.21 million persons, the same level as the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.html
   

"Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Savings and Liabilities)" (The third quarter of 2019)

February 7, 2020

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

• Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
  The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for December 2019 was 321,380 yen, down *3.9 % in nominal terms and down *4.8 % in real terms from the previous year.

• Income and Expenditures for Workers? Households
  The average of monthly income per household stood at 1,074,143 yen, down *1.0 % in nominal terms and down *1.9 % in real terms from the previous year.
  The average of consumption expenditures per household was 345,370 yen, down *3.2 % in nominal terms and down *4.1 % 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" (2019 Yearly Average)

"Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Total Households)" (2019 Yearly Average)

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

"Family Income and Expenditure Survey (One-person Households)" (2019 Yearly Average)

"Family Income and Expenditure Survey (One-person Households)" (The fourth quarter of 2019)

"Survey of Household Economy (Two-or-more-person households: December 2019)"

  <Average expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet>

• Average expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet was 17,459 yen (up 3.5 % in nominal terms).

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

• Home electronics: up 16.7 % in nominal terms
• Food: up 7.1 % in nominal terms
• Tickets: up 27.0 % in nominal terms
• Insurance: up 16.9 % in nominal terms

February 14, 2020

"Labour Force Survey (Detailed Tabulation)" (Quarterly Average Results - Oct.-Dec.2019 -)

• The number of the regular employee was 35.14 million, an increase of 170 thousand from the previous year.
• The number of the non-regular employee was 21.87 million, an increase of 350 thousand from the previous year.

"Labour Force Survey (Detailed Tabulation)" 2019 Yearly Average Results

• The number of the regular employee was 34.94 million, an increase of 180 thousand from the previous year.
• The number of the non-regular employee was 21.65 million, an increase of 450 thousand from the previous year.

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