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Japan Dashboard and Data Catalog

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Since 2016, Cabinet Office has been operating the " Economic, Financial, and Lifestyle Indicators' MIERUKA' (Visualization) Portal Site (Cabinet Office) ," which allows users to download various data-related indicators, in order to visualize them and use them for more detailed analysis and verification.

In order to further promote data-based policymaking, Cabinet Office and Digital Agency worked together to develop the new Japan Dashboard (a dashboard related to the economy, public finance, population and livelihoods) and data catalog. In response to requests from users of the MIERUKA portal site, TMG has established renewal policies, improved operability and searchability, and adapted to a variety of analysis methods.
* As of July 2025, we only handle prefectural data for 691 indicators, but we plan to expand municipal data in the future.

Notice

  • August 8, 2025
    The data was updated.

Table of

  1. Classification of Indicators
  2. Japan Dashboard
  3. Data Catalog
  4. Related Documents
  5. Points to consider

1. Classification of Indicators

The Japan Dashboard organizes the 691 indicators into 7 major categories and 62 minor categories.

  1. Population: Population, marriage / birth, elderly ratio, etc.
  2. Economy: Gross prefectural product, employment and labor, income and taxation, etc.
  3. ICT: Number of schools and teachers, educational environments of schools, etc.
  4. Social security: Medical system, medical expenses, medical examination rate, etc.
  5. Living: Safety, housing, etc.
  6. Social Infrastructure: Social Infrastructure
  7. Local public finance: funds, expenditures, revenues, etc.

This graphic shows the categories of indicators in JapanDashboard. The categories are population, economy, education, livelihood, social infrastructure, local government finance, and social security. A total of 691 indicators are shown.

2. Japan Dashboard

Look at the index data

"Looking at Indicator Data" describes the data type, data recording period, and data source.
First of all, please check if there are indicators that can be used for policy planning and analysis in business.
See the detailed operation method

Look at one indicator by prefecture

Various statistical indicators for each prefecture can be switched freely and visualized as maps and graphs. Differences, characteristics, and trends by region can be grasped as data.

For example, you can freely choose the following statistical indicators and compare the differences in figures by prefecture.

  • Employment situation (female employment rate, unemployment rate, etc.)
  • Medical care system (number of beds per population, etc.)
  • Status of marriage and childbirth (number of marriages, total fertility rate, etc.)

See the detailed operation method

To examine the relationship between the two indicators

It visualizes the correlation between statistical indicators and the positional relationship between the indicators of each prefecture in an easy-to-understand manner. You can select any two indicators and check the distribution of the indicators by prefecture in a scatter diagram.

The function that presents highly correlated indicator candidates for a selected indicator allows you to easily search for a pair of related indicators and proceed with the analysis. Since you can check the change over the year in the animation, you can see at a glance how the indicator position for each prefecture has changed over time.
See the detailed operation method

Look at the changes in the four indicators

A variety of statistical indicators can be arranged up to four items and visualized in time series. By displaying multiple indicators of fields of interest side by side, it is possible to obtain hints for understanding numerical changes in countries and regions from multiple perspectives. In addition, multiple regions can be displayed side by side, and by comparing "Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture" and "specified regions and the national average," it is possible to intuitively grasp the differences in indicators and the degree of increase and decrease by region.

For example, the following indicators may be used to identify changes in indicators in a specific region from multiple angles.

  • Population dynamics
  • Finance
  • Social security
  • Employment and Income

See the detailed operation method

3. Data Catalog

Copying and Using Data from One Indicator

The data handled by Japan Dashboard can be copied and used.
See the detailed operation method

See "Copying and Using Data of One Indicator" in Full Screen

, which downloads multiple indicators from

You can also download multiple metrics at once.
Please set the target municipality and the period of acquired data and download it.
See the detailed operation method

4. Related Materials

Japan Dashboard

It explains how to operate Japan Dashboard in detail with videos.

Screen capture of the How to page, showing multiple dashboards side by side.

Renewal policy for "visualization" portal site

Policies for the Renewal of the MIERUKA (Visualization) Portal Site

A screen capture of the first page of the renewal policy document. It states,

5. Important Points

Data:

Refresh Data

We plan to update the various numbers on the dashboard regularly. (Last update: August 8, 2025)

True or false information

For true-or-false information on the date in this dashboard, please refer to True-or-false Information: Japan Dashboard (Dashboard on Economy, Finance, Population and Livelihood) .

Contact Information

For questions or ideas, please contact , Cabinet Office, for opinions and requests regarding the "Japan Dashboard (Dashboard on Economy, Finance, Population and Livelihood)".

FAQ

If you have any questions, please check the FAQ .