News Bulletin August 31, 2021

August 31, 2021

No.322

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Participation in the 63rd ISI World Statistics Congress (Virtual)

   The 63rd World Statistical Congress, organized by the International Statistical Institute (ISI), was held virtually from July 12 to 16. The conference has been held in various countries almost every two years since 1887. However, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year was the first time that the conference was held entirely virtually.

   About 1,000 participants from national statistical offices, universities, the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and other organizations from around the world attended, and many sessions were held. Four members from the Statistics Bureau of Japan participated in sessions such as "Official Statistics in the Changing World of Data Science" and "Building Statistical Registers in Countries with No Administrative Population Registers?.

Statistics Learning Seminar for Children

   The Statistics Bureau of Japan organized the "Statistics Academy for Kids 2021" on August 20 and 22. It was a virtual seminar using Zoom for 5th and 6th-grader elementary school students.

   The seminar provided children with an opportunity to learn the basics of how statistics can be used to solve social problems, using various events in their daily lives as subjects. It was held in Japanese and a total of about 60 children throughout Japan and abroad participated in the seminar over the two days.

RECENT RELEASES

July 20, 2021

Consumer Price Index (2015-base) (June 2021, Japan)

• The consumer price index for Japan in June 2021 was 101.9 (2015=100), up 0.2% over the year before seasonal adjustment, and up 0.3% from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/index.html

Population Estimates (February 1, 2021 (Final estimates), July 1, 2021 (Provisional estimates))

- As of February 1, 2021 (Final estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 125,552 thousand, a decrease of 452 thousand (0.36%) from the previous year.
• The population under 15 years old was 14,949 thousand, a decrease of 192 thousand (1.27%) from the previous year.
• The population aged 15 to 64 was 74,357 thousand, a decrease of 520 thousand (0.69%) from the previous year.
• The population aged 65 and over was 36,246 thousand, an increase of 260 thousand (0.72%) from the previous year.

<Japanese Population>

• Japanese population was 123,011 thousand, a decrease of 538 thousand (0.44%) from the previous year.

- As of July 1, 2021 (Provisional estimates)

<Total Population>

• The total population was 125.36 million, a decrease of 0.47 million (0.38%) from the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2.html

July 27, 2021

Monthly Report on Internal Migration in Japan (June 2021)

• The number of internal migrants (All nationalities) was 365,883, an increase of 13,164 (3.7%) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 159,288, an increase of 788 (0.5%) from the previous year.
• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (All nationalities) was 206,595, an increase of 12,376 (6.4%) from the previous year.
• The number of internal migrants (Japanese) was 334,602, an increase of 6,059 (1.8%) from the previous year.
• The number of inter-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 143,297, a decrease of 3,393 (2.3%) from the previous year.
• The number of intra-prefectural migrants (Japanese) was 191,305, an increase of 9,452 (5.2%) from the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.html

July 30, 2021

Labour Force Survey (Basic Tabulation) (June 2021)

• The number of employed persons in June 2021 was 66.92 million, an increase of 0.22 million from the previous year.
• The number of unemployed persons in June 2021 was 2.06 million, an increase of 0.11 million from the previous year.
• The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.9%.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.html

Monthly Survey on Service Industries (May 2021 (preliminary))

• Monthly sales: 28.3 trillion yen, up 14.8% over the year.
• Number of persons working at the location of establishment: 29.26 million persons, up 0.4% over the year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.html

August 3, 2021

Consumer Price Index (2015-base) (July 2021, Ku-area of Tokyo (preliminary))

• The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in July 2021 (preliminary) was 102.0 (2015=100), down 0.1% 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

August 6, 2021

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (Two-or-more-person Households: June 2021)

• Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
  The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for June 2021 was 260,285 yen, down 4.9% in nominal terms and down 5.1% in real terms from the previous year.
• Income and Expenditures for Workers? Households
  The average of monthly income per household stood at 904,078 yen, down 11.3% in nominal terms and down 11.5% in real terms from the previous year.
  The average of consumption expenditures per household was 281,173 yen, down 5.8% in nominal terms and down 6.0% 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 second quarter of 2021)

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

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (One-person Households) (The second quarter of 2021)

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

Survey of Household Economy (Two-or-more-person households: June 2021) 

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

• Average expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet was 18,121 yen (up 5.0% in nominal terms).

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

• Food: up 26.6% in nominal terms
• Tickets: up 331.9% in nominal terms
• Gift items: up 9.1% in nominal terms
• Digital contents: up 26.2% in nominal terms
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.html

   

August 10, 2021

Labour Force Survey (Detailed Tabulation) (Quarterly Average Results - Apr.-Jun. 2021 - )

• The number of the regular employee was 35.57 million, an increase of 0.14 million from the previous year.
• The number of the non-regular employee was 20.58 million, an increase of 0.22 million from the previous year.
  
  https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/quarter/dt/index.html