On the 10th, a task force meeting was held to consider measures to prevent a recurrence of the problem that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism improperly processed the data of the country's basic statistics and overestimated 34 trillion yen over an eight-year period. opened.
In this context, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism set up a special conference to consider improving the quality of statistics, and indicated a policy of working to solve the problem while receiving advice from statistics experts.
At the meeting held on the 10th, a task force consisting of experts and others to consider measures to prevent recurrence reported the results of examining nine key statistics that were found to have been fraudulent, and staff members specializing in statistics. He pointed out the problem that the number is small and there are cases where the manual for creating statistics is not shared with managers.
On top of that, as a measure to prevent recurrence, the number of people in charge of statistics creation should be increased, and some operations should be outsourced to the private sector to improve efficiency.
In addition, we have set up a special conference to consider improving the quality of statistics, and recommend that we work on solving problems while receiving advice from statistics experts.
In response to this, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism established a "statistics quality improvement meeting" with experts as members on the 10th.
Saito, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, said, "Statistics are important information that forms the basis for rational decision-making, and are the foundation that supports policy planning. I want every employee to be proactive,” he said.