1. Custom-Made Aggregation

Custom-Made Aggregation is a service through which a surveying organization or other similar organization utilizes questionnaire data derived from existing statistical surveys, and thereby aggregates, produces and provides new statistics in accordance with an order from a requesting party which entrusts such aggregation, production and provision to such organization.

* Article 34 of the Statistics Act (Act No. 53 of 2007)

For using this service, there is a service fee according to service contents.

2. Flow of application procedures

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as the "MHLW") will examine matters stated in the application, including the purpose of use, statistical chart specifications, methods of publishing research results, etc., and notify the requester of the MHLW's approval or disapproval.
When the MHLW approves, the requester is requested to submit the designated request form and an entrustment contract, and to make payment of the service fee specified by the MHLW. The statistical product concerned will be delivered by email or mail (by registered mail, return receipt requested).
The user must publish the results of research, or the implementation status of higher education, which was conducted with the statistical product, and submit a usage status report as well as the published materials within three months of the publication.
Please see the flowchart of application procedures for Custom-Made Aggregation (PDF:30KB).

3. Consultation for use

When you intend to make an application for Custom-Made Aggregation, you should consult with us in advance of submission of documents, with respect to use of the service, by using "Input Form" below, in order to facilitate and expedite examination procedures for documents submitted.

Input Form

For the details of service use procedures, please make sure to go through the "Guidelines Pertaining to Request for Production of Statistics, etc., by Entrustment" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines") and the "Contract Terms and Conditions" (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms and Conditions"), both of which explain essential matters.
In addition, please check whether or not the contents of the survey, for which you request Custom-Made Aggregation, have already been published in a report, etc. (click here for the surveys available for the service, and already published statistical charts).

4. Requirements for use

The requirements under laws and regulations for use of Custom-Made Aggregation are outlined as follows:
Only if all the requirements under (1) and (2) according to each purpose of use below are satisfied, the use of the service will be permitted.

The following persons/entities are examples of the requesters who satisfy the requirements for use described above.

• –Researchers who belong to universities or other institutions having the purpose of conducting research, or such institutions
• Persons who engage in research at think tanks or other similar institutions, or such institutions
• –Persons who do not belong to an organization but nevertheless engage in research
• –Instructors who provide lectures or other education at higher education institutions such as universities, or such institutions
• –Administrative organs or local governments

5. How to calculate the service fee

The service fee will be the total of the following unit prices.
Payment with a revenue stamp is the only accepted means of payment for the service fee.
If you are to receive the statistical product by email, the storage media (2) and postage (3) will not be required.

1. (1) 5,900 yen per hour required for Custom-Made Aggregation × Necessary hours^(*1)
2. (2) Storage media:
   100 yen per CD-R × Necessary quantity
   120 yen per DVD-R × Necessary quantity
3. (3) Postage (required if sent by mail)^(*2):
   The postage for registered mail with the fees for non-standard-sized mail and return receipt added thereto
   1. *1: The hours are determined by operations required for the creation, etc., of the statistical product in Custom-Made Aggregation, which include the designing of aggregation, system development, calculation, and outcome review.
   2. *2: If Custom-Made Aggregation concerned takes two hours and you receive one CD-R by registered mail,
      • 11,800 yen + 100 yen + 880 yen = 12,780 yen
      • No postage will be required if you come to the responsible contact point of the MHLW to receive the CD-R.

6. Guidelines pertaining to request for production of statistics, etc., by entrustment

In the Guidelines, you can find information including the definitions of the terms used, requirements for use, application procedures, measures against improper use, and a list of forms.
Please make sure to read the "Guidelines Pertaining to Request for Production of Statistics, etc., by Entrustment" (PDF:191KB).

7. Contract Terms and Conditions

In the Terms and Conditions, you can find information on legal compliance, restrictions on use, details on the contract, the reporting of results, the publication of results, contract cancellation, etc.
Please make sure to read the "Contract Terms and Conditions" (PDF:122KB).

8. List of forms

9. Surveys available for Custom-Made Aggregation

10. Matters to be heeded

1. Since questionnaire information used in Custom-Made Aggregation is based on answers from the subjects of statistical surveys, logical consistency may not be found between items.
2. Results will not always be as the requester expected because the accuracy of results may not be sufficient depending on statistical charts requested by the requester and because necessary confidentiality measures will be implemented for the statistical product.
3. No exercise of copyrights or other similar rights will be allowed for the statistical charts you receive.
4. The use of this service will be on a contract basis, and will not be covered by the Administrative Complaint Investigation law (Act No. 160 of 1962).
5. In addition to penalties for violation of laws and regulations, if you violate the Contractual Terms and Conditions, etc., you will be prohibited from using public statistical data services provided by the MHLW and by all other administrative organs.