March 27, 2024 Results of the 2023 Basic Survey on the Information and Communications Industry (Industry Performance in FY2022)

 The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has compiled the results of the Basic Survey on the Information and Communications Industry (Industry Performance in FY2022) on the activity status of industries belonging to information and communications (Four industries: telecommunications, broadcasting, television program production, and Internet-related services) in Japan.

[Summary of the survey]

Item Contents of survey design
Survey conducted by Survey conducted independently by MIC
Survey time/implementation period As of March 31, 2023; June to August 2023
Target regions and survey method Nationwide - Combined mail and online survey
Attribute range/Number of survey units
  • (1)
    Telecommunications: Fixed telecommunications business and mobile telecommunications business
  • (2)
    Broadcasting: Commercial broadcasting and cable broadcasting
  • (3)
    Television program production business
  • (4)
    Internet-related services
Selection of target for survey
(Sample size)
A stratified random sample survey based on the responses from approximately 1,500 companies selected from a population database of approximately 10,000 companies.
Questionnaire (number of questions) One sheet per company (about 40 questions)
Questionnaire (survey items)

(Sample size)
Company profile (name, location, capital amount, profits, expenses, handling of consumption tax, etc.), business sales, business acquisition capital investment amount, number of employees employed by the business, and sales by service

[Survey results]
 The details of the survey results are scheduled to be posted on the “Information and Communications Statistics Database” and “e-Stat.”

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