News Bulletin November 30, 2020

November 30, 2020

No.313

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Japan was reelected as a member country of the United Nations Statistical Commission

   Japan was reelected as a member of the United Nations Statistical Commission by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Its term of office is four years, from January 2021 to December 2024.

About the membership of the Statistical Commission

   The Statistical Commission, established under the ECOSOC in 1947, has supported the ECOSOC toward the development of statistics all over the world. 24 member countries of the Commission are elected among the member states of the UN by the ECOSOC. Japan has continuously served as its member since 1962, except for the period between 1970 and 1972.

   Recently, two of the four seats from the Asia-Pacific States were reelected by the ECOSOC and Japan was elected together with the Independent State of Samoa.

Why being a member of the Statistical Commission is so important

   Over the past few years, Japan has been committed to an active discussion on the global indicators for measuring the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals at the Statistical Commission. At the 51st session of the Commission in March 2020, Mr. KAWASAKI Shigeru, a member of the Statistics Commission of the Japanese Government, headed the Japanese delegation and more importantly led its session as the Chairman. Taking the opportunity of this reelection, Japan will continue working to actively participate in the discussion about global issues surrounding statistics for further contribution to the international statistical community.

RECENT RELEASES

October 20, 2020

Population Estimates (May 1, 2020 (Final estimates), October 1, 2020 (Provisional estimates))

- As of May 1, 2020 (Final estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 125,895 thousand, a decrease of 286 thousand (0.23%) from the previous year.
• The population under 15 years old was 15,105 thousand, a decrease of 186 thousand (1.22%) from the previous year.
• The population aged 15 to 64 was 74,710 thousand, a decrease of 404 thousand (0.54%) from the previous year.
• The population aged 65 and over was 36,079 thousand, an increase of 304 thousand (0.85%) from the previous year.

<Japanese Population>

• Japanese population was 123,401 thousand, a decrease of 499 thousand (0.40%) from the previous year.

-As of October 1, 2020 (Provisional estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 125.88 million, a decrease of 0.29 million (0.23%) from the previous year.

October 23, 2020

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

• The consumer price index for Japan in September 2020 was 102.0 (2015=100), the same level as the previous 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

October 27, 2020

Monthly Report on Internal Migration in Japan (September 2020)

• The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 358,658, a decrease of 13,813 (3.7%) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 157,844, a decrease of 10,150 (6.0%) from the previous year.
• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 200,814, a decrease of 3,663 (1.8%) from the previous year.
• The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 331,449, an increase of 1,405 (0.4%) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 144,277, a decrease of 2,122 (1.4%) from the previous year.
• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 187,172, an increase of 3,527 (1.9%) from the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.html

October 30, 2020

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

• The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in October 2020 (preliminary) was 101.8 (2015=100), down 0.3% over the year before seasonal adjustment, and down 0.4% from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1581-t.html

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

• Monthly sales: 27.2 trillion yen, down 13.0% over the year.

• Number of persons working at the location of establishment: 29.55 million persons, down 2.3% over the year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.html

Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation) (September 2020)

• The number of employed persons in September 2020 was 66.89 million, a decrease of 790 thousand from the previous year.
• The number of unemployed persons in September 2020 was 2.10 million, an increase of 420 thousand from the previous year.

• The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 3.0%.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.html

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Savings and Liabilities)(The second quarter of 2020)

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

November 6, 2020

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

• Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
  The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for September 2020 was 269,863 yen, down 10.2% in nominal terms and down 10.2% in real terms from the previous year.

• Income and Expenditures for Workers? Households
  The average of monthly income per household stood at 469,235 yen, up 2.6% in nominal terms and up 2.6% in real terms from the previous year.

  The average of consumption expenditures per household was 304,161 yen, down 7.7% in nominal terms and down 7.7% in real terms from the previous year.

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

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Total Households)(The third quarter of 2020)

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

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (One-person Households)(The third quarter of 2020)

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

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

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

• Average expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet was 15,981 yen (up 2.6% in nominal terms).

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

• Food: up 56.9% in nominal terms
• Clothing, footwear: up 25.1% in nominal terms
• Gift items: up 50.9% in nominal terms

• Digital contents: up 63.9% in nominal terms
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.html

November 10, 2020

Labour Force Survey (Detailed Tabulation)(Quarterly Average Results - Jul.-Sep. 2020 - )

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

• The number of the regular employee was 35.37 million, an increase of 450 thousand from the previous year.
• The number of the non-regular employee was 20.64 million, a decrease of 1.25 million from the previous year.