"The fact that the other 10 percent are unexplained need be attributed to nothing more sinister than lack of data," the ministry said.
The companies regularly ignore government orders to upgrade coal-burning electricity plants, according to ministry data.
Environment ministry data showed that Japan's CO2 emissions rose to the second-highest level on record in the year to March 2014.
Claims for compensation for karoshi rose to a record high of 1,456 in the year to the end of March last year, according to labour ministry data, particularly in industries, such as health care and welfare, that are experiencing labour shortages.
Finance ministry data suggest that local and provincial governments, with little ability to borrow internationally and with domestic interest rates still high, will barely increase spending next year even before adjusting for inflation.
Finance ministry data released Monday also showed a healthy increase in corporate investment, pointing to a sharp upward revision to second-quarter G.D.P. data due next week from the preliminary figure, which showed a 2.6 percent rate of expansion.
But instead of using and publicizing the data, the technology ministry asked the Foreign Ministry to confirm that the United States approved of the data being made public, Mr. Sato said.
Imports rose 1.9% in December compared to the year before, ministry data showed, with energy imports swelling 34%.
The finance ministry data showed that exports to Asia were strong, with sales to China up 15% for the month.
For example, Slate.fr reused data from the ministry of sports and put it on a map to show where soccer or tennis is popular — you can now find the article directly on Data.gouv.fr.
Therefore, the choice of the above-mentioned inputs and outputs was guided by three considerations, namely: past studies undertaken of hospitals in Africa, which also employed similar inputs and outputs [9 27]; the availability of relevant data in the ministry of health annual health service activity report for 2007 [3]; and the availability of data that is routinely compiled by hospitals.
