The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism continued to rewrite the data of "basic statistics", which is especially important in the national statistics. We have begun discussions on specific measures, such as training staff with knowledge.
Regarding the "construction work order dynamic statistics", which is one of the "core statistics" and shows the monthly order trends of the construction industry, it has become clear that data rewriting has been continued for many years. The verification committee by the person severely criticized the response of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, which did not publicize the problem.
In response to this, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism set up a meeting with experts in the ministry to discuss measures to prevent recurrence, and held its first meeting on the 28th.
In this, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito advised, "We take it seriously as a problem for the entire ministry, and I hope that each and every employee will work with a high level of awareness to restore trust."
At the meeting on the 28th, based on the indications of the third-party committee, in addition to training staff with knowledge of statistics, we will consider specific measures such as creating an organizational culture that encourages solutions without hiding problems. It means that I confirmed that.
Furthermore, at the meeting, we will verify whether there was any fraud in other statistics of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and compile it as a report.