Factory Location Survey
This page organizes statistical table lists, timeseries tables, regional classifications, and notes concerning the Factory Location Survey. For 2025 through 2021, it provides overview materials and...
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275Reviewing Rice Price Surge and Rebuilding Supply Policies
Since summer 2024, rice production fell below demand and private inventories declined. Supply shortages intensified amid disaster information and increased purchasing, causing retail prices to rise...
Japan Music Industry 2024 Overseas Revenue and Sales
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry surveyed overseas revenue and sales for Japan’s music industry from January through December 2024. Excluding spending by foreign visitors to Japan,...
Experts Discuss Revitalizing Science
On September 5, 2025, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology convened an expert meeting on revitalizing science. The meeting confirmed its operating guidelines and plans...
Meeting on Vocational School Quality: 35th Session
At the 35th meeting on June 17, 2025, participants discussed draft amendments to cabinet and ministerial orders in light of revisions to the School Education Act, as well as the current state of...
Minutes of the 19th Basic Research Promotion Subcommittee
The 19th Subcommittee on Basic Research Promotion of the Council for Science, Technology and Academic Affairs was held online on September 5, 2025. Its agenda covered a review of Moonshot Research...
50th Resource Investigation Subcommittee Meeting Minutes
The 13thterm Resource Investigation Subcommittee confirmed the updating and enhancement of the contents listed in the Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan, the use of food composition data,...
Reforms to University Education Content in FY2023
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology surveyed improvements to the content and methods of university education implemented in FY2023 and compiled the results. Of 792...
Results of FSB Repo Statistics Aggregation for Japan
The Bank of Japan's Financial Markets Department published the "Results of FSB Repo Statistics Aggregation for Japan (August 2025)" on September 22, 2025. This statistical series commenced in January...
Prime Minister Ishiba Attends Regional Revitalization Accompanying Support System Report Meeting and Individual Progress Report
On September 19, 2025, Prime Minister Ishiba attended the Regional Revitalization Accompanying Support System Report Meeting and Individual Progress Report at the Prime Minister's Official Residence....
Canada August Consumer Price Index Rises 1.9% Year-on-Year
Statistics Canada announced on September 16 that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August 2025 rose 1.9% yearonyear, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from July 1.7%. The acceleration in CPI...
Reporting Ordinance Rates (October)
The International Department of the Bank of Japan announced on September 19, 2025, the reporting ordinance rates to be applied during October, Reiwa 7 (2025), as exchange rates determined by the...
Germany August Unemployment Exceeds 3 Million for First Time in 10.5 Years Since 2015
Germany Federal Employment Agency announced that unemployment in August 2025 exceeded 3 million for the first time since 2015, representing a 10.5year high. The unemployment rate reached 6.4%, an...
Flow of Funds Statistics (Preliminary) Q2 2025: Corporate Sector Surplus 4.2 Trillion Yen, Household Surplus 17.9 Trillion Yen
【Bank of Japan Releases Flow of Funds Statistics (Preliminary) for Q2 2025】... 【Bank of Japan Releases Flow of Funds Statistics (Preliminary) for Q2 2025】...
Announcement of Treasury Bills (1332nd Issue) Auction Results (Conducted September 17)
The Ministry of Finance conducted price competitive auctions and JGB market special participants' first nonprice competitive auctions for Treasury Bills (1332nd series) on September 17, Reiwa 7...
Announcement of 20-Year Government Bond (193rd Issue) Price Competitive Auction Results (Conducted September 17)
The Ministry of Finance conducted price competitive auctions and JGB market special participants' first nonprice competitive auctions for 20year interestbearing government bonds (193rd series) on...
Brazil's August CPI Turns Negative for First Time in a Year, Influenced by Temporary Electricity Rate Reduction
According to the Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA) released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) on September 10, the August growth rate was minus 0.11% monthonmonth,...
China's Outbound Direct Investment by Enterprises Increased 8.4% in 2024, Second Consecutive Year of Growth
According to the "2024 China Outbound Direct Investment Statistical Bulletin" released on September 8 by China's Ministry of Commerce, National Bureau of Statistics, and State Administration of...
US Retail Sales Rise 0.6% Month-on-Month in August, Exceeding Forecasts Due to Back-to-School Demand and Inflation
According to preliminary data from the US Department of Commerce released on September 16, retail sales (seasonally adjusted) in August reached $732.0 billion, up 0.6% from the previous month. This...
Trump's Economic Approval Net Rating Falls to Minus 17%, Polling Shows
According to a poll released on September 17 by The Economist magazine and polling company YouGov, President Donald Trump's net approval rating for economic handling (difference between approval and...