The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced on July 31, 2025, the building starts survey results for June 2025. In housing starts statistics, owner-occupied, rental, and for-sale housing all decreased, resulting in an overall 15.6% year-over-year decline. However, the seasonally adjusted annualized rate showed a 22.4% month-over-month increase.
For non-residential private buildings in the building starts statistics, while stores increased, offices, factories, and warehouses decreased, resulting in an overall decline. This statistic serves as an important indicator for understanding construction industry trends, showing housing market and commercial/industrial facility construction demand trends.
Detailed survey data is available on the government statistics portal (e-stat) along with monthly tabulation items and scope lists. The Construction Economics Statistics Survey Office of the Policy Bureau's Information Policy Division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism compiles these statistics.