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STS339 Takashi IOKA
2. Methodology
2.1 Economic Census for Business Frame 2019
In the Economic Census 2019, the Corporate Number will be used mainly
for the purpose of ensuring the quality of the BR frame. The National Tax
Agency assigns a Corporate Number (13-digit unique ID) to each
enterprise, and publishes the number with the name and address of the
enterprise’s head office to improve the efficiency of management of
information on enterprises, reduce the cost associated with reference and
exchange of enterprise information, etc.
One of the characteristics of this new administrative data is that anyone
can use it with the name and address of the enterprises through the
internet .
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And the Corporate Number is a unique ID for each enterprise. One
enterprise can have only one unique Corporate Number. Therefore,
duplications or omissions of the enterprises stored in the BR will be reduced
by using the Corporate Number.
In the Economic Census 2019, the SBJ will newly add the names and
addresses of the enterprises grasped by the Corporate Number to the lists
of establishments for the enumerators who will practically find out the
statuses of the enterprises.
It is prospected that not a few enterprises added by the Corporate
Number do not actually exist (fictitious enterprises, dummy companies,
enterprises with their actual business places located in different places or
dead companies and so on). Therefore, it is effective that the enumerators
practically walk the streets and check the actual status of the enterprises,
especially the status of the enterprises added by the Corporate Number,
before storing them in the BR.
If the enterprises added by the Corporate Number exist, in addition to
the newly established establishments, the enumerators will deliver the
Questionnaire to those enterprises to gather the basic and essential
information for the BR frame such as the number of employees, Corporate
Number, industrial classification, turnover and so on.
For reference, the Economic Census 2019 will be the first Census for
which tablet terminals (portable devices) will be developed and provided
for enumerators. The maps and the lists of establishments will be
downloaded to the tablet terminals beforehand, and all the enumerators
will use them so that the information they ascertain will be shared with the
SBJ immediately.

6 Corporate Number Publication Site (https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/en/) is available.
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