Establishment Section

To understand the actual status of postal services, telecommunications, and broadcast services usage, their trends, and the relationship between types of media as a foundation for administration policies of Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

A survey (the 9th) targeting establishments was performed as an approved survey under the Statistical Reports Regulation Law. The execution of this survey, from sampling to tabulating, was subcontracted to the New Information Center (corporation).

(1)	Scope Nationwide
(2)	Industries Industries targeted were taken from the Standard Industrial Classification for Japan excluding 46 (Postal service) and 47 (Telecommunications). However, these categories were integrated into 13 categories as listed below. Standard Industrial Classification for Japan Composition of categories used in this survey A Agriculture 1. Agriculture-Forestry-Fisheries B Forestry �@ C Fisheries �@ D Mining 2 Mining E Construction 3 Construction F Manufacturing 4 Manufacturing G Electric, Gas, Heat Supply and Water 5 Electric, Gas, Heat Supply and Water H Transportation and Communications(exclude Medium Group, 46 Postal service and 47 Telecommunications) 6 Transportation �@ �@ I Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Places 7 Wholesale and Retail (Medium Groups 60 General eating and drinking places,61 Other eating and drinking places) 8 Eating and Drinking Places J Finance and Insurance 9 Finance (Medium Group 69 Insurance) 10 Insurance K Real estate 11 Real estate L Services 12 Services M Government 13 Government
(3)	Target establishments Establishments related to those industries listed in (2) above that have 5 or more regular employees.
(4)	Selection method Random sampling
(5)	Sample size 5,600
(6)	Name list used List of establishment names listed in the "1996 Establishment and Enterprise Census (Management and Coordination Agency)", Basic Kanji list tape by private establishment and Basic Kanji list tape by national and local public entity.
(7)	Sampling method Systematic sampling by industry stratified by enployees size
(8)	Method of the Survey Mail Survey
(9)	Period of the Survey November 20th to November 30th, 1998

4,010 (71.6%) {previous: 4,352 (77.7%)}

�@	5 to 29 employees	30 to 99 employees	100 or more employees	total
Agriculture-Forestry-Fisheries	132	112	72	316
Mining	141	129	16	286
Construction	121	111	95	327
Manufacturing	113	108	114	335
Electric, Gas, Heat Supply and Water	112	109	87	308
Transportation	85	91	102	278
Wholesale and Retail Trade	107	96	90	293
Eating and Drinking Places	88	88	104	280
Finance	144	94	109	347
Insurance	105	83	124	312
Real estate	128	96	91	315
Services	103	91	87	281
Government	127	109	96	332
Total	1,506	1,317	1,187	4,010

(1)

Regarding weighting In order to collect a sample that allows sufficient analysis of each type of industry, a systematic sampling by industry stratified by employees size was carried out. However, if an analysis were done on these results as is, the trends of industry types (scale) with a smaller distribution ratio would be reflected more strongly than they merit. Therefore, in this report a weight value was calculated as a standard for all the data to make it agree with the population, and analysis was then done on these adjusted results. The weighted values are as follows: �@ 5 to 29 employees 30 to 99 employees 100 or more employees Adjusted collection results Agriculture-Forestry-Fisheries 0.13845 0.02008 0.00354 21 Mining 0.03721 0.00411 0.00444 6 Construction 3.61131 0.38527 0.06092 486 Manufacturing 4.37925 0.97879 0.30843 636 Electric, Gas, Heat Supply and Water 0.09382 0.02953 0.01922 15 Transportation 1.51021 0.48598 0.10224 183 Wholesale and Retail Trade 8.98647 1.04197 0.19307 1079 Eating and Drinking Places 3.13554 0.27954 0.00723 301 Finance 0.50163 0.13608 0.02030 87 Insurance 0.33091 0.13359 0.01517 48 Real estate 0.30717 0.03506 0.00881 43 Services 8.45233 1.60628 0.40725 1052 Government 0.24985 0.12346 0.07968 53

(2)

Regarding calculation Because the calculations stated in the tabulation were rounded to fit, they may not total to 100. In these figures "N" represents the number of establishments adjusted using the weight value.

• This survey is an approved survey under the Statistical Reports Regulation Law, the results of which will be used for the creation of statistical information only. Please feel free to answer candidly.

Question 1 - Regarding postal service usage

Question 2 - Regarding Direct mail usage

Question 3 - Regarding the ownership of info-communications equipment
Does your establishment own any of the machines listed from to below? Please circle the appropriate number for each item. Also indicate how many of each type of equipment the establishment owns.
Please include rented or leased machines.

Cellular phone

�@	Postal Service	Tele- phone	Fac- simile	Home page	E-mail	Other
Introduce sales items and products - promotion	1	2	3	4	5	6
Supply information on a regular basis	1	2	3	4	5	6
Notification of bills or detailed statements	1	2	3	�@	5	6
Sending documentation (receipts)	1	�@	3	�@	5	6
Company information, recruit staff	1	2	3	4	5	6
Receiving opinions and subscriptions	1	2	3	4	5	6
Receiving applications and reports	1	2	3	4	5	6
Conduct surveys	1	2	3	4	5	6

(1)

For each of the services listed in to below, how much did your establishment pay in total for each in the month of October 1998 ? Please enter a number in units of 1,000 yen. Additionally, if the amount paid was less than 1,000 yen when rounded to the nearest 1,000 or if nothing was paid, please enter zero. However, because of changes in NTT's billing periods, the amount billed for October will differ from the usual month. Please use September's bill for answering number 3. Telephone fee.

Postal fees...

Include express delivery charges and registered mail charges as well as letters, postcards, and parcel post charges.

Private courier fees ...

Private courier, motorcycle messenger fees.

Telephone charges...

basic monthly charge and call fees total. (Note: please answer for September 1998)

Mobile communications charges ...

cellular phone, car phone, PHS (Personal Handyphone System) basic charges and call charges total and pager usage fee (do not include sign-up fees or the cost of the equipment itself). If you pay these on a yearly basis on several months in one bill, please calculate the average monthly cost.

Online service and Internet access charges...

basic monthly service charges. Do NOT include call charges.

(2)	For the international communication services listed in to below, how much did your establishment spend on each for the month of October 1998 ? Additionally, if the amount paid was less than 1,000 yen when rounded to the nearest 1,000 or if nothing was paid, please enter zero.

International postage...

letters, postcards, parcel posts, express delivery, registered mail charges are all included.

International Private courier...

domestic or foreign operated international Private courier charges.

International telephone...

international telephone call charges.

1. What are your approximate annual sales (*)? Please enter your answer in units of one million yen.

   (Million-yen)

   
   

   (*) Note:

   Please enter annual sales for fiscal 1997 (April 1997 to March 1998), do not include non-business related revenues. If data doesn't exist for this period, please use the accounting period that most closely approximates this period.

   
   
2. Did annual sales rise compared with the previous year? Did they decrease? Please circle the appropriate number.
   If your establishment had no sales revenue, please circle number 4.
   

   Increased About the same Decreased Does not apply

   
   

• This is the end of the questionnaire. We would appreciate it if you could take the time to return this questionnaire using the self-addressed, postage-paid envelope provided. You do not need a stamp. Thank you for your cooperation.