A material which compiles various primary statistics is called a statistical compendium. Using the index of a statistical compendium, you can find statistics which meet your needs. It is recommended to search a statistical compendium first when you do not know where to find the statistics you need. Sources are indicated for each statistic in the statistical compendium and sometimes the source has more detailed data.

One of the most comprehensive Japanese statistical compendia is the Japan Statistical Yearbook published by the Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The Yearbook covers many statistical fields, including land, population, economy, society, culture, and finance and by searching its index with keywords, you can find the statistics you need.
There are other examples such as the Statistical Yearbook of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, which covers certain statistical fields, and Tokyo Statistical Yearbook which covers statistics of a certain geographical area.

This search guide introduces some of the most comprehensive Japanese statistical compendia.

For materials without a call number, the call number varies depending on the version. To search these materials, please enter the title on NDL Search.

1. Internet resources

• Statistics Bureau of Japan (Japanese, English)
  This site has links to the Portal Site of the Official Statistics of Japan (e-Stat) and statistical compendia such as the Japan Statistical Yearbook .

• Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan (e-Stat)(National Statistics Center)(Japanese, English)
  In this site you can search governmental statistics by keywords or by name of the institution.

• Historical Statistics of Japan (Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)(Japanese, English)
  This is a website of time-series data collected from statistics of Japanese land, population, economy, society, culture, and finance from 1868 to 2011. It ceased to be updated as of April 2012. Now, it is available on WARP (Web Archiving Project).

2. Publications

• Japan Statistical Yearbook (Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications / annual)(Japanese, English)
  This is a statistical book which covers public and private statistics for various fields in Japan. This is written in both Japanese and English and has an index in both languages. The latest issue and back numbers are available on the Japan Statistical Yearbook page.

• Statistical Handbook of Japan (Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications / annual)(NDL Digital Collections) (English)
  Some important statistics are chosen from the Japan Statistical Yearbook and compiled in the Statistical Handbook of Japan. The latest issue and back numbers are available on the Statistical Handbook of Japan page.

• Nihon Kokusei Zue (Yano Tsuneta Kinenkai / annual / our call no.:Z41-107) (Japanese)
  This is a databook which explains the Japanese social and financial situation with charts and graphs. It includes a wide range of public and private statistics and shows some current topics in each field.

• Tokei de miru nihon (Nihon Tokei Kyokai / annual / our call no.:Z3-B412) (Japanese)
  This book explains the current situation of various fields in Japan with statistical data and charts.

3. Others

With the following tools created by the National Diet Library, you can search statistics．

• Research Navi (Japanese)
  It provides useful resources for searching. There are contents which introduce statistics such as 統計 (Statistics), 産業情報ガイド (Information guides to industries in Japan) and contents with titles that include "統計"(statistics) which introduce statistics of various fields such as economy, society and education. These contents introduce statistical compendia, famous primary statistics, magazines, technical journals and internet resources. You can directly access statistics on the internet from this site.

• National Diet Library Digital Collections
  You can search digital data of statistics of governmental institutions which are collected by the National Diet Library in this database.

Related Search guides

• Statistics (Japanese)