Statistics Bureau (Japan)
The SBJ have conducted the Population Census and large-scale surveys to establish key official statistics of Japan.
Its headquarters is in the ministry's Second Government Office (第2庁舎), in Wakamatsu-cho [ja], Shinjuku, Tokyo,[1] near Wakamatsu-kawada Station of the subway Toei Ōedo Line.
The SBJ's chronological table[6]: 51 starts from 1871, when the pre-constitutional Meiji government founded the Statistics Division (政表課, Seihyōka)[a] under the Dajōkan system, appointing Sugi Kōji [ja] to its director.
[16]: 15, 269 This system was started for the first Population Census in 1920 and legally established in 1947 with fiscal backup from the national budget.
[18] The following explanations are based on the articles of the Cabinet Order as on April 25, 2024, but English translations are from the information dated September 2021.
[6]: 1 The National Statistics Center (NSTAC) was historically a segment of the SBJ specializing in tabulation.
[6]: 10 It includes subsystems as follows: The Statistical Data Utilization Center (統計データ利活用センター, Tōkei Dēta Rikatsuyō Sentā)[25] is a new institution run by the SBJ and the NSTAC.
It was established in 2018 in Wakayama to offer services of on-site use of microdata, training of statisticians, and consulting about the use of statistics.
[5]: 2–3 Since the abortion of the Commission in 1952, its responsibilities had been taken by the Commissioner of the Administrative Management Agency [ja] consulting theStatistics Council (統計審議会, Tōkei Shingikai), the advisory board with expert statisticians.
[5]: 3 In 2005, the MIC disestablished the Statistical Standards Department and transferred its functions to one of the Director-Generals for Policy Planning (政策統括官, Seisaku Tōkatsukan) of the ministry.
[26] This Director-General of the MIC is also in charge of international communication with statistics offices of other countries, in collaboration with the SBJ.
[33][29]: 20 The Statistical Research and Training Institute [ja] is located in Kokubunji in the west of Tokyo Prefecture.
It has its root in the Statistics Staff Training Institute (統計職員養成所, Tōkei Shokuin Yōsei-jo) established in 1921.
