Residents of Japan, this country is counting on you! Or, to be more precise, counting you.
We are currently in the middle of the 国勢調査 (kokusei chōsa, national census), which takes place 5年に1回 (go-nen ni ikkai, once every five years).
Unfortunately, we’re also in the middle of the コロナ禍 (korona-ka, coronavirus crisis), and that’s presenting the 総務省統計局 (sōmu-shō tōkei-kyoku, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ Statistics Bureau of Japan) with a new set of problems.