Chapter 2  Building Construction Work


1.Building Starts

Release Date: Period Coverd: Monthly, Previous month

Publicizing Organization:
Survey Method 
  1. Based on stipulations in Item 1 of Article 15, Building Standard Law, when desiring to construct a building, a builder must file a report to the Prefectural Governor. Building Starts provides the data for this report.
  2. The subject buildings are as follows

    • Building Starts:

      New buildings to be constructed all over Japan (All of them)

    • Housing Starts:

      Housing among new buildings to be constructed all over Japan (All of them)

    • Adjustment Survey:

      Samples of new buildings to be constructed in urban areas (Random sampling with a certain sampling ratio)


A. Building Starts


1.Key points of the statistics 2.Points to be noted on the use of Statistics 3.Definition of terms
B. Housing Starts

1.Key points of the Statistics 2.Points to be noted on the use of Statistics 3.Definition of terms
C. Adjustment Survey

1.Objective of the survey
2.Points to be noted on the use of Statistics

2. Buildings Loss Statistics Survey

Release Date: The 10th of every month.
Period covered: Monthly, Before 4 months
Publicizing Organization:
Survey Method
  1.  Based on stipulations in Item 1 of Article 15, Building Standard Law, when desiring to dispose of a building, a builder must file a report to the Prefectural Governor. The Building Loss Statistics Survey provides the data for this report.
     Based on stipulations in Item 2 of the same, when a building is lost in a natural disaster, a builder must file a report to the Prefectural Governor. The Statistics on Building Disaster provides the data for this report.
  2. The subject buildings are as follows:  

  3. (All samples are the type of survey for both of these statistics.) 
      Buildings Loss Statistics Survey: 
      Lost buildings all over Japan 
      Statistics on Building Disaster: 
      Lost or damaged buildings all over Japan 

A. Buildings Loss Statistics Survey

1.Objective of the survey 2.Definition of term
B. Statistics on Building Disaster

1.Objective of the survey
2.Definition of terms


3.(Related statistics) Housing and Land Survey
Release Date: Every five years.
Publicizing Organization: