Not to be released before 8:50 a.m. JST
Friday, July 1, 2011

July 1, 2011
Research and Statistics Department
Bank of Japan

Tankan’s June 2011 Survey: the Number of Reporting Companies and Response Rate
The Tankan’s June 2011 survey was conducted with the response period between May 30 and June 30.
This note provides information on the number of reporting companies and response rate.
1.

Number of Reporting Companies and Response Ratea. Business conditions D.I.
The number of reporting companies and the response rate is as follows (see Chart 1).
Chart 1: Number of Reporting Companies and Response Rate of the Business Conditions D.I. (All sized Enterprises)

FY2010FY2011March
June
September
December
March
June

Manufacturing
numberrate
4,527
98.9
4,482
98.8
4,452
99.3
4,410
99.0
4,243
95.9

Nonmanufacturing
numberrate
6,850
98.5
6,780
98.6
6,711
98.7
6,647
98.8
6,373
95.5

4,328

6,471

98.5

98.0

(Number of enterprises, percent)All Industries
numberrate
11,37798.7
11,262
98.7
11,163
98.9
11,05798.9
10,616
95.6
10,79998.2

Note: Response rate = number of reporting companies / number of sample enterprises × 100b. Annual projections
The number of reporting companies and the response rate of annual projections (sales, current profits andfixed investment) over all industries and enterprises is as follows (see Chart 2). The number of reporting
companies categorized by each survey item, industry group and size will be released in the “Comprehensive
Date Set,” scheduled to be released on Monday, July 4.
Chart 2: Number of Reporting Companies and Response Rate of Annual Projectionsin the June survey (All Industries and Enterprises)(Number of enterprises, percent)
Sales
Current Profits
Fixed Investment
numberrate
numberrate
numberrate
FY2007
10,641
98.2
10,62298.0
10,59997.8
FY2008
10,335
97.7
10,31597.5
10,30997.4
FY200910,061
97.5
10,02997.2
10,02497.1
FY2010
11,103
97.3
11,07997.1
11,05296.9
FY2011
10,46595.2
10,401
94.6
10,374
94.3
Note: Response rate = number of reporting companies / number of sample enterprises × 100

2.

Aggregates by region

Although the aggregated results by region are not included in the Tankan released by the Research andStatistics Department, the Bank of Japan’s Local Branches release their regional results, which are includedin the individual “Local Branch Tankan Report (available in Japanese only).” The response rates andaggregated results by region are also available on the following websites.
ReleaseRegional
Economic
ReportRegion
Comparison among 9 regions(Business Conditions D.I. only)
Kanto-Koshinetsu
Hokkaido
TohokuHokuriku
Tokai (3 prefectures**)
Tokai (Shizuoka)
Kinki
Chugoku
Shikoku
Kyushu-Okinawa

Release Date
July 4

14:30
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11:30
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Where to find data
http://www.boj.or.jp/research/brp/rer/(available both in Japanese and English)

http://www3.boj.or.jp/sapporo/index.html
http://www3.boj.or.jp/sendai/index.html
http://www3.boj.or.jp/kanazawa/index.html
Local
http://www3.boj.or.jp/nagoya/index.html
Branchhttp://www3.boj.or.jp/shizuoka/index.html
Tankan*July 1
http://www3.boj.or.jp/osaka/index.html
http://www3.boj.or.jp/hiroshima/index.html
http://www3.boj.or.jp/takamatsu/index.html
http://www3.boj.or.jp/fukuoka/index.html(available in Japanese only)
Note: * The “Local Branch Tankan Report” releases results of items other than that of the business conditions D.I.
Branches other than those listed above also release their “Local Branch Tankan Report” respectively. Materials
released by branches, although written in Japanese, are available on the website(http://www.boj.or.jp/about/outline/location/jp_location.htm).
** Aichi, Gifu, and Mie prefectures.

For further information, please contact:
Business Survey Group
Research and Statistics Department
Bank of Japan
Email: post.rsd5@boj.or.jp