Research Guides: Graduate Guide for Japanese Studies: Govt Sources

Statistics on Japan

e-Stat: Portal Site of Official Statistics on Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
e-Stat: 政府統計の総合窓口 / 総務省 (e-Stat: Seifu Tōkei no Sōgō Madoguchi)
Brings together statistics produced by all Japanese government ministries. Some data is provided within the site, other data is linked to from the ministry that created the data.
Public Opinion Data / the Government of Japan's Cabinet Office
世論調査 / 内閣府 (Seron Chōsa / Naikakufu)
Various topics polled. Use the custom Google search box in the upper right to discover topics surveyed or explore the various links to see what polls have been conducted. Formats are various and may not be encoded in various ways. Email Japanese Studies librarian Adam H. Lisbon for help with encoding issues.

You can also look at 月刊世論調査 (Gekkan Seron Chōsa) in the NDL Catalog to look at what individual articles are available, and find out the volume, issue, and page numbers. Then request a scan from one of CU-Boulder's own print copy through ILL document delivery.
Statistics Bureau of Japan
統計局 (Tōkeikyoku)
Most common statistics on Japan like census data can be found here. Information is arranged differently on the English and Japanese pages. The bureau dedicates a lot of resources to explaining and defining statistical information (in Japanese).