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Timeline of NSTAC
Before becoming an incorporated administrative agency (Meiji period – March 2002)
| 1871 | The Statistics Division (predecessor of the National Statistics Center and the Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) is established by the Meiji Government’s Main Office |
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| 1881 | Becomes the Meiji Government’s Bureau of Statistics |
| 1885 | With the launch of the cabinet system, becomes the Statistics Bureau of the Cabinet Office |
| 1920 | ・Becomes the Cabinet Census Office ・Starts the Population Census |
| 1924 | Becomes the Cabinet Statistics Bureau |
| 1946 | ・Starts the Labor Force Survey ・Starts the Family Income and Expenditure Survey |
1947 | ・The Statistics Act (Act No. 18 of 1947) is announced (enacted on May 1, 1947) ・With the establishment of the Prime Minister’s Agency, becomes the Statistics Compilation Department of the Prime Minister’s Agency |
| 1948 | Starts the Housing Survey (later the Housing and Land Survey) |
| 1949 | With the establishment of the Prime Minister’s Office, becomes the Statistics Compilation Department of the Prime Minister’s Office |
| 1950 | Starts the Retail Price Survey |
| 1953 | Starts the Basic Statistical Survey of Research Institutions (later the Survey of Research and Development) |
| 1954 | Starts the Report on Internal Migration in Japan Derived from the Resident Registers (later the Annual Report on the Internal Migration in Japan Derived from the Basic Resident Registers) |
| 1956 | Starts the Employment Status Survey |
| 1959 | Starts the National Survey of Family Income and Expenditure (later the National Survey of Family Income, Consumption, and Wealth) |
| 1961 | Introduces the IBM705 electronic computer, Japan’s first large business computer |
| 1965 | Introduces optical mark reader (OMR) equipment for aggregation of the 10th Population Census |
| 1967 | Starts the Annual Report on the Internal Migration in Japan Derived from the Basic Resident Registers |
| 1969 | ・Starts data processing of Grid Square Statistics |
| 1976 | Starts the Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities |
| 1984 | With the establishment of the Internal Affairs and Communications Agency, Statistics Center established as part of the new Management and Coordination Agency |
| 1998 | Starts the Housing and Land Survey |
| 2000 | Introduces optical character reader (OCR) equipment for aggregation of the 17th Population Census |
| 2001 | ・With the establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, becomes the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ Statistics Center
・Starts the Survey of Household Economy |
After becoming an incorporated administrative agency (April 2003 – present)
| 2003 | Launch of National Statistics Center as an incorporated administrative agency (specified incorporated administrative agency) (April 1) |
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| 2007 | ・New Statistics Act (Act No. 53 of 2007) announced based on full revision of the Statistics Act (enacted on April 1, 2009) ・Obtains certification for JIS Q 27001 (ISO/IEC 27001), a standard related to information security management systems (ISMS) |
| 2008 | ・Starts full operation of the Inter-Ministry information system (IMISOS) such as e-Stat (general portal for government statistics) ・Starts the Annual Business Survey (later the Monthly Survey on Service Industries) |
| 2009 | ・Basic Plan Concerning the Development of Official Statistics (1st Term) approved by Cabinet ・Starts provision of custom-made tabulations and anonymized data ・Starts Economic Census for Business Frame |
| 2012 | Starts Economic Census for Business Activity |
| 2013 | Starts operation of the Statistical Business Register |
| 2014 | Basic Plan Concerning the Development of Official Statistics (2nd Term) approved by Cabinet |
| 2015 | ・Due to changes in the incorporated administrative agency system, becomes the National Statistics Center, Incorporated Administrative Agency (Agency Engaged in Administrative Execution)
・Receives the Japan Statistical Society’s Statistics Education Award for activities promoting the development and use of pseudo microdata for education
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| 2016 | Starts providing micro data for general use that can be used for education |
| 2018 | ・Basic Plan Concerning the Development of Official Statistics (3rd Term) approved by Cabinet ・The Statistics Bureau and National Statistics Center open a Statistical Data Utilization Center in Wakayama City
・Partial revisions of the Statistical Act and the Act on the National Statistics Center, Incorporated Administrative Agency are announced (enacted on May 1, 2018)
・Starts providing standardized statistical data sets for education (SSDSEs) as general-purpose materials for data analysis
・Starts Statistical Data Analysis Competition calling for papers on statistical analysis using SSDSEs
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| 2019 |
・Starts the Monthly Survey on Services Industries ・Starts enterprise survey support project targeting enterprises who have a significant impact on economic statistics for the purpose of reducing the burden on respondents for statistical surveys
・Starts providing statistical micro data based on on-site facilities
・Launches portal site for utilization of official statistical micro data (miripo)
・Starts the National Survey of Family Income, Consumption and Wealth
・Receives privacy workshop (PWS) Distinguished Paper Award at the 2019 Computer Security Symposium |
| 2020 | Partial revision of Basic Plan Concerning the Development of Official Statistics (3rd Term) approved by Cabinet |
| 2022 | ・Formulates National Statistics Center talent acquisition and development policy ・Receives “Kurumin” certification from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as an organization providing outstanding childcare support ・Acquires the “Tomonin Mark” certification for promoting the development of a work environment that enables employees to balance work and nursing care |
| 2023 | Basic Plan Concerning the Development of Official Statistics (4th Term) approved by Cabinet |
| 2024 | Obtains patent for microdata anonymization equipment based on confidentiality conversion processing of multi-dimensional cross-frequency tables |
| 2025 | Starts Monthly Survey on Service Industries |
