Listed in a census-supplied bag or flea market app September 15, 4:46
The census began every five years from the 14th, and it was found that bags that seemed to be supplied to investigators were listed on the flea market apps.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is calling attention to the possibility of misuse.
The census is conducted once every five years for all people living in Japan, and the distribution of questionnaires to each household has started from the 14th.
The investigators are part-time national civil servants selected through open recruitment, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has provided about 600,000 investigators with investigator IDs, armbands, and research supplies such as bags.
However, it turned out that the bag that seems to be this supply is on sale in the flea market app "Mercari".
The "Census Eco Bag" was put up for 1000 yen from Tokyo and has already been sold. The blue bag in the image is "Reiwa 2nd Census" and "Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications". Is written.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the supplied bag does not have a serial number, but the investigator is supposed to return it to the municipality together with other supplied items after the investigation is completed.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has notified Mercari of the listing as an inappropriate listing, and is calling attention to the fact that it may be misused to seek out personal information under the guise of a census.