News Bulletin December 25, 2025
December 25, 2025
No.374
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
New release of the Japan Statistical Yearbook 2026
The Japan Statistical Yearbook is a comprehensive and systematic compendium of basic statistical information of Japan covering wide-ranging fields such as land, population, economy, society and culture.
The yearbook covers many fields of statistics published by the government and private organisations.
This volume contains 30 fields, 546 tables, including outline of the survey and explanation of terms.
As the statistical tables in the yearbook are available in English, it can be useful as a tool for introducing information on Japan.
Website: https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/nenkan/index.html
The 3rd Japanese Statistical Delegation to the United Kingdom
From November 11 to 14, 2025, the 3rd Japanese Statistical Delegation visited the United Kingdom Statistics Authority (UKSA.)
Based on the MOC between SBJ and UKSA in May 2023, both sides shared their experiences and exchanged opinions regarding Consumer Price Index, household surveys and business surveys.
Website: https://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/bilateral/uk202511.html
The SBJ and the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) hosted the SBJ-SIAP Collaboration Seminar - Improvement of Data Collection and Dissemination for User Engagement -
SBJ-SIAP Collaboration Seminar - Improvement of Data Collection and Dissemination for User Engagement - was held on December 4, 2025 in Tokyo. The seminar gathered about 50 participants from 24 countries/ regions and 5 international organizations, in conjunction with the SIAP Twentieth Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Offices in Asia and the Pacific which was held on December 2 and 3, 2025.
Mr. Katsuhiko Sakamoto, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, MIC, and Dr. Shailja Sharma, Director, SIAP, made the opening remarks, followed by the three presentations.
The seminar is to contribute towards user engagement of official statistics in Asia and the Pacific region by sharing the experience/ challenge for improving of data collection and dissemination.
For the details of the seminar, please visit the following website:
https://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/sbjseminar2025/index.html
MAJOR INDICATORS
See the links below for the latest results.
- 1. Labour Force Survey
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/database?page=1&toukei=00200531&kikan=00200&tstat=000000110001
- 2. Consumer Price Index
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?page=1&toukei=00200573&kikan=00200&tstat=000001150147 - 3. Family Income and Expenditure Survey
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?page=1&toukei=00200561&kikan=00200&tstat=000000330001 - 4. Monthly Business Survey of Services
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?page=1&toukei=00200546&tstat=000001217540 - 5. Population Estimates
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?page=1&toukei=00200524&kikan=00200&tstat=000000090001 - 6. Report on Internal Migration in Japan
https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?page=1&toukei=00200523&kikan=00200&tstat=000000070001
is "Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan" (external site) where you can browse statistics tables and database.
