The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will start the "Basic Survey on the Information and Communications Industry" in May 2010. The purpose of the survey is to clarify the actual activities of corporations in the information and communications industry of Japan and to obtain fundamental data for information and communications policies.

1. Progress

In the government’s "Basic Plan concerning the Development of Official Statistics" (Cabinet decision on March 13, 2009), it was decided that the "Basic Survey on the Communications and Broadcasting Industry" and "Actual Conditions Survey on Broadcasting Program Production Industry" by MIC should be integrated with METI’s "Basic Survey of Japanese Business Structure and Activity" by around 2010 in collaboration with METI, and that corporate activity statistics on the information and communications industry should be compiled as a joint survey by METI and MIC. In accordance with this decision, METI and MIC will implement the "Basic Survey on the Information and Communications Industry".

2. Overview

(1) Surveying organizations
METI and MIC

(2) Business types subject to survey and the number of surveyed corporations
Information and communications industry (communications business, broadcasting business, television and radio program production business, Internet-related service provision business, as well as audio, visual and text information production business) Number of corporations: About 11,300

(3) Types of survey sheets
(a) Common survey sheet for all businesses: one type
(b) Business-specific survey sheet: five types

(4) Survey items
(a) Common survey sheet for all businesses:
Number of employees, business contents, transaction and entrusting situations, research and development and so on
(b) Business-specific survey sheet:
Sales by service, investment in plant and equipment by business and so on

(5) Method of survey
Both mail survey and online survey

(6) Schedule of survey
From May 16 to July 15, 2010

(7) Announcement schedule
Preliminary report: October 2010
Final report: March 2011

3. Effects

(1) To enable the effective planning and implementation of statistic surveys
(2) To enable an exhaustive understanding of trends covering the whole information and communications industry
(3) To enable integral comparison of activities by various types of business belonging to the information and communications industry
(4) To enable appropriate comparisons with statistic data of information and communications industry in various countries adopting the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities

Release Date

April 19, 2010

Division in Charge

Enterprise Statistics Office, Research and Statistics Department, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Economic Research Office, ICT Strategy Policy Division, Global ICT Strategy Bureau,
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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