In response to the issue of rewriting statistical data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which has jurisdiction over national statistics, will set up a study team to discuss issues such as human resource development and strengthening of check functions, and measures to prevent recurrence. I confirmed the policy to put together.

A third-party verification committee, including lawyers, called on the government last week to work to restore confidence and prevent recurrence, as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism was rewriting data from "core statistics," which is one of the most important national statistics. I have compiled a report.



In response to this, on the 19th, the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which has jurisdiction over national statistics, held a meeting.



Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Kaneko, who attended online, requested that "it is very important to take this case seriously and actively promote efforts to improve reliability, and we would like you to discuss measures to prevent recurrence."



At the meeting, we confirmed the policy of establishing multiple study teams in the future to promote discussions on training staff who handle statistics and strengthening the check function of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and to formulate measures to prevent recurrence.

Hiroe Tsubaki, chairman of the Statistics Committee, told reporters, "The main points are to create a two-way communication and risk response mechanism, and I would like to summarize it in the form of a report."