Fonds/Series
Statistics Records
- Title
- Statistics Records
- Date
- 1935-1970
- Level of Description
- series
- Extent
- １，９０７件||1,907 items
- Creator
- Cabinet Statistics Bureau, Cabinet Planning Board Statistics Bureau, Cabinet Statistics Bureau, Prime Minister's Agency Statistics Bureau, Prime Minister's Office Statistics Bureau, Management and Coordination Agency Statistics Bureau
- Administrative / Biographical History
- On December 28, 1885, based on establishment of the cabinet system, the Statistics Board was repealed and the Cabinet Statistics Bureau was set up. In November 1893, it became the Cabinet Secretariat Statistics Division and then in November 1898, the Cabinet Statistics Bureau. In May 1920, based on enactment of the Census Office Edict to substantially combine the Cabinet Statistic Bureau and the Munitions Bureau, the official duties of the Cabinet Statistics Bureau was to be included into its First Division. Meanwhile with May 14, 1918 Edict No. 135, with the aim of implementation of the first census survey, Temporary Census Bureau Edict was enacted under jurisdiction of the Prime Minister. In April 1921, Temporary Census Bureau Edict was repealed, whose official duties and staff were succeeded by First Division of the Census Office. In November 1922, the Census Office was repealed and most of the duties of the Census Office First Division was succeeded by the Statistics Bureau as a Cabinet's external bureau. In December 1924, based on Cabinet Department and Personnel Edict, it was evolved into the Cabinet Statistics Bureau. In November 1942, due to abolishment of the Cabinet Statistics Bureau, it became an external bureau of the Cabinet Planning and, in November 1943, the Cabinet Statistics Bureau was established. In May 1947, based on enactment of the Prime Minister's Agency Edict, it became the Prime Minister's Agency Statistics Bureau, and in June 1949, based on enactment of the Establishment Law of the Prime Minister's Office, it was developed into the Prime Minister's Office Statistics Bureau. In July 1984, based on the Establishment Law of the Management and Coordination Agency, it became the Management and Coordination Agency Statistics Bureau and the Statistics Center was set up as one of the facilities including affiliated institutes. In addition to the above, the functions of the Statistics Commission established in 1946 was succeeded by the Statistical Standards Department of the Administrative Management Agency, the Statistical Standards Bureau of the same Agency, and the Office of the Director for Statistical Standards of the same Agency which was then evolved into the Management and Coordination Agency Statistics Bureau. In January 2001, it became the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
- Source of Transfer or Acquisition
- Transferred from the Prime Minister's Office Statistics Bureau in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, and transferred from the Management and Coordination Agency Statistics Bureau in 1985
- Scope and Content
- This unit includes original copies in book form of the results of the following statistical surveys (table of results in book form):|br|Census Survey (1940, 1947), Population Survey (1944, 1945, 1946, 1948), Population Vital Statistics (1939-1947), Causes of Death Statistics (1940), Life Table (1940) |br|Work Force Survey (1946, 1947), Basic Employment Structure Survey (1956)|br|Workplace Statistics Survey (1947), Individual Commerce and Industry Economy Survey (1952)|br|Consumer Prices Survey (1946-1950), Consumer Prices and Household Economy Survey (1950. Partially includes those of 1951-1960)|br|Retail Prices Statistical Survey (1950-1970)|br|Housing Survey (Housing Statistics Survey) (1948), Research Institutes Basic Statistics Survey and Science & Technology Research Survey (1955. Includes those of 1956-1967)|br|National Wealth and National Income Survey (1935), Status of Important Commodity Transfer under Changing Circumstances (1939, 1940), Annual Labour Statistics (1944-1946), Calorie Intake Survey for Municipalities (1947, 1948)
- Language
- Japanese
- Publication Note
- Prime Minister's Office Statistics Bureau ed., "Prime Minister's Office Statistics Bureau 80 Years' History Manuscript," Prime Minister's Office Statistics Bureau, 1951|br|Prime Minister's Office Statistics Bureau ed., "Prime Minister's Office Statistics Bureau 100 Years' Documents Corpus," Volumes 1-3, Prime Minister's Office Statistics Bureau, 1973-1990|br|Management and Coordination Agency Statistics Bureau ed., "Statistics Bureau Statistics Center 120 Years' History," Management and Coordination Agency Statistics Bureau, 1992
https://www.digital.archives.go.jp/fonds/en/1792556
[Fonds/Series] "Statistics Records", National Archives of Japan Digital Archive, https://www.digital.archives.go.jp/fonds/en/1792556（accessed 2026-04-11）
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