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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY) Japan Summary of Observance          Printer Friendly Page Contact Person(s)   Mr. Akihiro Kimoto, Director, International Statistical Affairs, Office of Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), 19-1, Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 162-8668   Phone : 81 3 5273 1145   Fax : 81 3 5273 1181   Email : internat@stat.go.jp  Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

Japan ( JPN )
SDDS Data Category	Coverage(meets SDDS)	Periodicity		Timeliness		Comments (Flexibility Options, etc)
		SDDS	JPN	SDDS	JPN
Real Sector (specifications)
National accounts	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	6W
Production index (Indices of Industrial Production, Producer's Shipment, Producer's Inventory and Producer's Inventory Ratio )	Yes	M	M	6W (1M encour- aged)	NLT1M
Labor market: Employment (Labour Force Survey (Employment) )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	1M
Labor market: Unemployment (Labour Force Survey (Unemployment) )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	1M
Labor market: Wages/Earnings	Yes	Q	M	1Q	1M
Price index: Consumer prices (Consumer Price Index )	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Price index: Producer prices	Yes	M	M	1M	8D
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations	Yes	A	A	2Q	9M	Timeliness flexibility
Central government operations	Yes	M	A	1M	8M	Periodicity flexibility Timeliness flexibility
Central government debt (Outstanding Government Bonds and Borrowings )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 1Q
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector (Money Stocks / Loans and Discounts / External Assets and Liabilities of Banks, etc. )	Yes	M	M	1M	8D	Extensive branch banking system
Analytical accounts of the central bank (Monetary Base / Balance Sheet of the Bank of Japan: Domestic Claims on Government, Domestic Claims on the Private Sector, and the External Position )	Yes	M (W recom- mended )	M	2W (1W encour- aged)	5D
Interest rates	Yes	D	D	1	1D
Stock market: Share price index (Nikkei Stock Average )	Yes	D	D	1	3D
External Sector (specifications)
Balance of payments	Yes	Q	M	1Q	6-7W
Official reserve assets	Yes	M(W recom- mended)	M	1W	NLT 7D
Reserves template	Yes	M	M	1M (1W encour- aged)	NLT 7D
Merchandise trade (Foreign trade )	Yes	M	M	8W (4-6W encour- aged)	1M
International investment position	Yes	A(Q recom- mended)	A	3Q (1Q encour- aged)	5M
External debt	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	11W
Exchange rates (Foreign Exchange Rates )	Yes	D	D	1	D
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population	Yes	A	M	...	1M

Periodicity and timeliness: (D) daily; (W) weekly or with a lag of ## week(s) from the reference date; (WD) working days, or business days; (M) monthly or with a lag of ## month(s); (NLT) not later than; (Q) quarterly or with a lag of ## quarter(s); (A) annually; (SA) semiannual; and (...) not applicable. 1Given that the data are broadly disseminated by private means, the timeliness with which official data are disseminated is not time critical.