News Bulletin April 28, 2020

April 28, 2020

No.306

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

The Fiscal 2020 Budget for the Statistics Bureau and the Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards) of Japan Approved

  The Japanese government's budget for fiscal year 2020 was passed by the Diet on March 27, 2020. The nation's budget for general account spending is approximately 102.7 trillion yen, which marked a record high.

  The total budget for the Statistics Bureau and the Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards) of Japan, including the expense for the 2020 Population Census, is approximately 97.3 billion yen, an increase of 67.7 billion yen compared with the previous fiscal year. This is not including regular personnel expenses.

  The major items of the budget are as follows:

First Tabulation from the 2019 Economic Conditions Survey Released

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) established the Economic Conditions Survey in order to identify the structure of the manufacturing and service industries every year and contribute to improving the precision of the National Accounts Statistics.

  On March 31, 2020, the first tabulation from the first survey, conducted in June 2019, was released.

  In addition to this first tabulation, the second and third tabulations that provide more detailed results including regional tables are planned to be released.
 

<The amount of sales (income) of the Economic Conditions Survey>

  The amount of sales (income) by industry division in 2018 was 498.0 trillion yen for ?wholesale and retail trade,? and 413.2 trillion yen for ?manufacturing?.

RECENT RELEASES

March 19, 2020

Consumer Price Index (2015-base) (February 2020, Japan)

• The consumer price index for Japan in February 2020 was 102.0 (2015=100), up 0.4 % 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/index.html

March 23, 2020

Population Estimates (October 1, 2019 (Final estimates), March 1, 2020 (Provisional estimates))

- As of October 1, 2019 (Final estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 126,167 thousand, a decrease of 276 thousand (0.22 %) from the previous year.
• The population under 15 years old was 15,210 thousand, a decrease of 204 thousand (1.32 %) from the previous year.
• The population aged 15 to 64 was 75,072 thousand, a decrease of 379 thousand (0.50 %) from the previous year.
• The population aged 65 and over was 35,885 thousand, an increase of 307 thousand (0.86 %) from the previous year.

<Japanese Population>

• Japanese population was 123,731 thousand, a decrease of 487 thousand (0.39 %) from the previous year.

- As of March 1, 2020 (Provisional estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 125.95 million, a decrease of 0.30 million (0.23 %) from the previous year.

March 26, 2020

Monthly Report on Internal Migration in Japan (February 2020)

• The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 362,076, a decrease of 7,824 (2.1 %) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 159,555, a decrease of 1,391 (0.9 %) from the previous year.
• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 202,521, a decrease of 6,433 (3.1 %) from the previous year.
• The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 326,715, a decrease of 8,201 (2.4 %) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 141,083, a decrease of 1,876 (1.3 %) from the previous year.
• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 185,632, a decrease of 6,325 (3.3 %) from the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.html

   

March 27, 2020

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

• The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in March 2020 (preliminary) was 101.8 (2015=100), up 0.4 % 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

March 31, 2020

Annual Survey on Service Industries (2018 (Final))

• Annual sales (2017): 313.7 trillion yen, an increase of 2.0 % from the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka/index.html#kakudai

   

Monthly Survey on Service Industries (January 2020 (preliminary))

• Monthly sales: 30.2 trillion yen, up 0.3 % over the year.

• Number of persons working at the location of establishment: 30.26 million persons, up 0.7 % over the year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.html

Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation) (February 2020)

• The number of employed persons in February 2020 was 66.91 million, an increase of 350 thousand from the previous year.
• The number of unemployed persons in February 2020 was 1.59 million, an increase of 30 thousand from the previous year.

• The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.4%.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.html

April 7, 2020

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Two-or-more-person Households: February 2020)

• Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
  The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for February 2020 was 271,735 yen, up 0.2 % in nominal terms and down 0.3 % in real terms from the previous year.

• Income and Expenditures for Workers? Households
  The average of monthly income per household stood at 537,666 yen, up 2.2 % in nominal terms and up 1.7 % in real terms from the previous year.
  The average of consumption expenditures per household was 303,166 yen, up 0.1 % in nominal terms and down 0.4 % in real terms from the previous year.

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

Survey of Household Economy (Two-or-more-person households: February 2020)

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

• Average expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet was 12,847 yen (down 1.0 % in nominal terms).

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

• Travel-related costs: down 25.4 % in nominal terms
• Tickets: down 30.0 % in nominal terms
• Automotive-related products: down 17.6 % in nominal terms

• Software (music, video, personal computer, TV game): down 8.6 % in nominal terms
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.html

April 14, 2020

Current Population Estimates (As of October 1st, 2019)

• The total population was 126,167 thousand, a decrease of 276 thousand compared with the previous year. Both the total population and Japanese population decreased for the ninth year in a row.
• The population aged 15 to 64 was 59.5 % of the total population. This figure was the lowest ever since 1950.
• The migration change of the foreign population was positive for seven consecutive years.
• The population increased in seven 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/2019np/index.html