Proposal to prevent recurrence of statistical irregularities Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications “Correct the collar” September 30, 13:11
In response to a series of statistical fraud issues by the government, the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications compiled recommendations for fundamental improvements to the “Monthly Labor Survey” that led to the problem. The idea of striving to restore confidence in statistical statistics was shown.
The Statistics Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which has jurisdiction over the government's series of statistical irregularities, compiled a proposal that included measures to prevent recurrence at the 30th meeting, and Chairman Nishimura submitted to the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takashi Did.
According to the recommendations, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's “Monthly Labor Survey” was the starting point of the problem. Asking for specific improvements.
It also includes making the process of creating statistics transparent by making statistical survey plans public to the ministries.
“It is important that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare strives not to make the same mistake again, and that all ministries correct their statistics,” Minister Takaichi told reporters. The idea of trying to restore the confidence of public statistics was shown.