News Bulletin May 31, 2023
May 31, 2023
No.343
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Statistics Bureau of Japan and the United Kingdom Statistics Authority
On May 17, 2023, Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician of the United Kingdom Statistics Authority (UKSA) and five statistical officials from UKSA visited SBJ to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between SBJ and UKSA.
Mr. INOUE Takashi, Director-General of SBJ, and Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician of UKSA, had a meeting, and agreed to establish the basis for in depth cooperation between SBJ and UKSA in the area of official statistics and signed the MOC.
The main fields of collaboration are:
a. Data Science: Capability Development and Applications
b. Utilisation of Big data and Administrative Data in Official Statistics
c. Data Access for Users and Researchers
d. Official Statistics Regulation and Quality Control
e. Statistical Governance and Legislation
During the discussion held in SBJ, they recognized the importance of interaction and exchanging views towards further cooperation between both countries in the future.
On the same day, the UKSA delegation visited Mr. MATSUMOTO Takeaki, the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Ms. OMI Asako, State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications and Mr. HASEGAWA Junji, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communication to share their perception of the cooperation.
The members of the delegation from UKSA who visited SBJ were as follows:
Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician
Ed Humpherson, Director General, Office for Statistics Regulation
Mary Gregory, Deputy Director, Data Science Campus
Nicola Shearman, Assistant Deputy Director for International Relations, Central Policy Secretariat
Will Marks, Principal Private Secretary to the National Statistician
Bethan Mulcahy, Senior International Policy Advisor
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/bilateral/uk202305.html
RECENT RELEASES
"Population Estimates" (Final estimates, Japan, November 1, 2022)
- The total population was 124,913 thousand, a decrease of 531 thousand (0.42%) from the previous year.
- The population under 15 years old was 14,474 thousand, a decrease of 288 thousand (1.95%) from the previous year.
- The population aged 15 to 64 was 74,214 thousand, a decrease of 244 thousand (0. 33%) from the previous year.
- The population aged 65 and over was 36,225 thousand, an increase of 1 thousand (0.00%) from the previous year.
- The Japanese population was 121,969 thousand, a decrease of 759 thousand (0.62%) from the previous year.
"Population Estimates" (Provisional estimates, Japan, April 1, 2023)
- The total population was 124.47 million, a decrease of 0.60 million (0.48%) from the previous year.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2.html
"Consumer Price Index" (2020-base, Japan, March 2023)
- The consumer price index for Japan was 104.4 (2020=100), up 3.2% 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
"Monthly Report on Internal Migration" (Japan, March 2023)
- The number of internal migrants was 939,978, a decrease of 7,103 (0.7%) from the previous year.
- The number of inter-prefectural migrants was 523,656, a decrease of 1,104 (0.2%) from the previous year.
- The number of intra-prefectural migrants was 416,322, a decrease of 5,999 (1.4%) from the previous year.
- The number of internal migrants was 867,927, a decrease of 24,801 (2.8%) from the previous year.
- The number of inter-prefectural migrants was 481,317, a decrease of 11,953 (2.4%) from the previous year.
- The number of intra-prefectural migrants was 386,610, a decrease of 12,848 (3.2%) from the previous year.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/idou/3.html
"Labour Force Survey" (Basic Tabulation, Japan, March 2023)
- The number of employed persons was 66.99 million, an increase of 0.15 million from the previous year.
- The number of unemployed persons was 1.93 million, an increase of 0.13 million from the previous year.
- The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.8%.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/month/index.html
"Labour Force Survey" (Basic Tabulation, Japan, Quarterly Average Results Jan.-Mar. 2023)
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/quarter/ft/index.html"Consumer Price Index" (Preliminary, 2020-base, Ku-area of Tokyo, April 2023)
- The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo (preliminary) was 105.1 (2020=100), up 3.5% over the year before seasonal adjustment, and up 0.5% from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/index.html
"Monthly Survey on Service Industries" (Preliminary, Japan, February 2023)
- Monthly sales: 30.8 trillion yen, up 6.9% over the year.
- Number of persons working at the location of establishment: 29.49 million persons, up 0.8% over the year.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/mssi/kekka.html
"Family Income and Expenditure Survey" (Two-or-more-person Households, Japan, March 2023)
[Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households]
- The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household was 312,758 yen, up 1.8% in nominal terms but down 1.9% in real terms from the previous year.
[Income and Expenditures for Workers' Households]
- The average of monthly income per household stood at 498,581 yen, down 0.9% in nominal terms and down 4.5% in real terms from the previous year.
- The average of consumption expenditures per household was 340,016 yen, down 1.1% in nominal terms and down 4.7% in real terms from the previous year.
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/156.html
"Family Income and Expenditure Survey" (Total Households, Japan, The First Quarter of 2023)
"Family Income and Expenditure Survey" (One-person Households, Japan, The First Quarter of 2023)
"Survey of Household Economy" (Two-or-more-person Households, Japan, March 2023)
[Monthly expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet]
- Average expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet was 22,657 yen (up 12.4% in nominal terms).
[Main items contributed to the change of average expenditure on goods and services ordered over the internet]
- Travel-related costs: up 85.6% in nominal terms
- Tickets: up 37.4% in nominal terms
- Clothing, footwear: up 11.4% in nominal terms
- Cosmetics: up 9.0% in nominal terms
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/joukyou/12.html
"Labour Force Survey" (Detailed Tabulation, Japan, Quarterly Average Results Jan.-Mar. 2023)
- The number of the regular employee was 35.68 million, the same number as the previous year.
- The number of the non-regular employee was 21.12 million, an increase of 0.39 million from the previous year.
- https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/roudou/results/quarter/dt/index.html