Application of recent statistical theory and use of IT in Japanese official statistics

从2002年4月到2003年1月，我们就日本官方统计数据举行了7次会议。我们讨论了（a）全国价格调查中的新区域价格指数;（B）区域比较的理论方面;（c）劳动力调查中基于都道府县的失业估计数;（d）GDP统计中的新估计方法。特别是，在日本统计学会的年度会议上，提出了全国物价调查的新的再调查方法。在会上，我们还就（a）家庭收入和支出调查微观数据的使用和（B）新的经济指标做了两次介绍。在2002年的每月例会上，没有关于日本经济统计中IT应用的讨论。从2003年4月到2004年1月，我们举行了7次关于日本官方统计的会议。这次，我们讨论了IT在日本经济统计中的应用：（a）零售价格调查中便携式设备的使用;（B）时间利用和休闲活动调查中的IT统计;（c）经济产业省的新一代统计系统。与此同时，我们继续研究全国价格调查的调查方法。我们的方法被应用于NSP微观数据，结果将提交给一个参考期刊。总之，我们已经取得了一些令人满意的成果，应用最新的先进统计理论在调查。另一方面，将继续研究信息技术的使用。我们从每月的会议中获得了有用的意见和建议。

We held 7 meetings on the Japanese official statistics from April, 2002, to January, 2003. There we discussed (a) new regional price indexes in the National Survey on Prices ; (b) theoretical aspects of regional comparisons ; (c) prefecture-based unemployment estimator from the Labor Force Survey ; and (d) a new estimation method in GDP statistics. In particular, we proposed a new resampling method for the National Survey of Prices, which was presented at the annual meeting of the Japan Statistical Society. At the meeting, we also made two presentations on (a) use of micro data from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey and (b) new economic indicators. In 2002, we had no talks on use of IT in Japanese economic statistics at the regular monthly meeting.From April, 2003, to January, 2004, we had 7 meetings on the Japanese official statistics. This time, we discussed use of IT in Japanese economic statistics : (a) use of portable devices on the Retail Price Survey ; (b) IT statistics from the Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities ; and (c) New Generation Statistics System by METI. At the same time, we continued our research on the resampling method for the National Survey on Prices. Our method was applied to NSP micro data and the results will be submitted to a refereed journal.In summary, we have obtained several satisfactory accomplishments on application of recent advanced statistical theory on surveys. Use of IT, on the other hand, will be studied continuously. We had obtained useful comments and suggestions from our monthly meetings.