In 1995, a review body submitted a ten-year action plan to the Management and Coordination Agency, which has overall responsibility for Japanese statistics (as well as, bizarrely, for traffic safety and the welfare of the elderly).

ECONOMIST: Japanese statistics

That plan was then reviewed with General and Function Management (a sprint review, with stakeholders present) and once confirmed, was locked for the next week at an operational level.

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