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① “Data Change”menu

Click to close the window on the left. (Click again to open the window.)
You can change the “Data cycle”, “Regional rank (Time series)”, “Regional rank (By region)” and “Original/Seasonally adjusted”.
The background color of each cell can be blue, representing the current region, white, showing it can be switched, and gray, showing it cannot be switched.

You can select only 1 choice from 7 choices, not 1 selection from each, for regional rank (time series) and regional rank (by region).
Regional rank (time series) displays in the time series chart while regional rank (by region) displays in the by region chart.

② Chart title labels

Region name, data cycle and original/seasonally adjusted as selected in the chart title and also the ① ”Data Change” menu are displayed. Also, the chart time point is displayed for by region charts.

Data holding status for each indicator linked to the chart

Displays whether data is held for each indicator, data cycle and regional rank.
You can switch to each data holding status by clicking the “Original” and “Seasonally Adjusted” tabs.

③ Display area switching tabs

Switches to a screen with a color coded map by prefecture.
* Can only be switched when the region chart "By prefecture" is selected.
Only 1 indicator can be displayed on the color coded map.
The displayed indicator is the indicator selected at the
④ Indicator selection menu (has a green check mark).

Switch to the chart screen.
(“Chart” is selected by default.）

Displays the background data in a table format.

④ Indicator selection menu

Explanation of indicator labels

① [Indicator name] Displays the name of the indicator.
　(An abbreviation of the name is displayed and not the official name due to space constraints.)
　Hover over it to display the official name in an info balloon.
② [Check icon] Displays indicators selected.
　(Refer to Selecting indicators for details)
③ [Chart element marker] Displays an icon and color of the chart marker in the chart display area.
　(The left side color corresponds to the chart color for bar charts. There is no icon.)
④ [Delete button] Deletes the indicator. (Refer to Deleting indicators for details)
⑤ [Info button] Displays detailed information for the indicator.
　(Refer to Detailed information on indicators for details)

Selecting indicators

Clicking the indicator label will select the indicator.
(This will assign a green check icon).
Only 1 indicator can be selected per screen. The indicator on the far left will be selected by default for both the left and right axis.
* Selected indicators are used for color coded maps, the sort function and the automatic hide function for the axis.
　　(Refer to ③ Display area switching tabs, ⑥ Range adjuster slider and Automatic hide function for the axis for details)

Adding indicators

List of indicators that can be selected for each axis

A. Click the chart icon or indicator name at the left side of each line in the list to change the icon color and select the indicator in that line.
(Click again to clear the icon color and remove the selection for the indicator in the line. Refer to Deleting indicators for details.)
Then click the “OK” button to confirm the indicator selection. The selected indicator bar chart and line chart will be added to the screen.

B. Click on the info button on the right side of each line in the list to display detailed information for the indicator in that line. (Refer to Detailed information on indicators for details)

Detailed information on indicators

① [Indicator name] Displays the name of the indicator.
② [Source] Displays the statistical survey from which the indicator data was acquired.
　Click the hyperlink to move to a website showing the statistical survey.
　Hover over the info icon to display an overview of the survey.
③ [Term Information] Displays an explanation of technical terms included in the indicator name.
④ [Annotation Information] Displays annotation concerning the entire indicator.
(Annotation information for single data is displayed by hovering over an element of a bar chart for the data.)

Deleting indicators

When you want to delete indicators, click the “x” on the top right inside the indicator label.
You can also use the list of indicators that can be selected for each axis which was explained when Adding indicators.
Click the colored icon or indicator name of the indicator you want to delete and then click the “OK” button.

Switching button to instantly display/hide the entire axis

When you want to instantly hide the entire left or right axis (for example, when wanting to concentrate only on a single axis), click this button.
Each click will switch between display ⇔ hide.

⑤ Display area

The area that displays the chart and table. Selecting the ③ Display area switching tabs will change the displayed content.

Chart

Displays when the [Chart] tab is selected.
Hover over a chart element to display the element value and annotation (if it exists) and also the time point (region name for by region charts).

Click a chart element to select the time point (region for by region charts) for the element.

Table

Displays when the [Table] tab is selected. Displays the background data in a table format used to display the chart.

For time series charts, “Time” display in the leftmost column.
For by region charts, “Region name” display in the leftmost column.
Also, clicking on the column header will sort the ascending/descending order.
(Each click will switch the order between ascending ⇔ descending.）
If there is annotation for single data, hover the cursor over the data to
display the annotation.

Map

Displays when the [Map] tab is selected. Displays a color coded map by prefecture.
※ Can only be switched when the region chart "By prefecture" is selected.

Only 1 indicator can be displayed on the color coded map.
The displayed indicator is the indicator selected at the ④ Indicator selection menu (has a green check mark).

You can zoom into and out of the map using the mouse wheel.
You can also move the entire map by dragging on the display area.
Hover over any prefecture on the map to display the region name and its value.

⑥ Range adjuster slider, Time series seek bar

When the time series chart is displayed, the Range adjuster slider displays.
When the by region chart is displayed, the Time series seek bar displays.

Range adjuster slider

You can change the time range for the chart displayed at the top of the screen.
The pink colored area is the currently displayed range and dragging the left and right bars allows you to change the time range.

You can move the time point without changing the range by dragging inside the left and right bars.

Time series seek bar

Press the play button to return the seek bar to the leftmost side and play an animation in which the by region chart time point in the ⑤ Display area switches automatically.

The animation can be played at 3 different speeds.
(Default setting is “normal”)

You can specify the time point that displays the by region chart.

Value sort function

Clicking the value sort switch (OFF→ON) will sort the horizontal axis region in the order of the largest indicator value selected in the ④ Indicator selection menu (has a green check mark).
Clicking the value sort switch once again (ON→OFF) will sort in the order of the region.
(When the value sort switch is “OFF” by default, the horizontal axis is arranged in the order of the region code.)

⑦ Search tag

Each chart screen has a related “tag” linked to it. Clicking on a tag will display a screen of charts that link to this same tag.
Please use the tags when you want to view similar or related charts.

⑧ Recently viewed chart

Displays charts you recently viewed in a list of thumbnail charts. (The list is hidden by default).
Up to the most recent 10 charts are displayed. Clicking on a thumbnail chart will jump to a screen showing the chart. Please use this when you want to return to a previously viewed chart.
※ Settings performed for the chart are not saved (such as selected indicators and data cycle). If you want to save the settings, please use the ⑨ Favorite chart settings function.

⑨ Favorite chart settings

Displays chart settings registered using the “Favorite“ button listed in ⑩ Other functions. (The list is hidden by default).
Up to 10 charts are displayed. Clicking on a thumbnail chart will jump to a screen showing the chart.
Indicator selection, chart type (time series or by region), region name (regional rank), time point (only for by region charts), and data cycle are saved and can be restored with a single click.

⑩ Other functions

① [Full Screen] Displays the chart screen in full screen mode. Click “Esc” on your keyboard to leave full screen mode.
② [Initialize] Returns the chart screen to its default setting.
　The chart type returns to a time series chart and indicator selection, regional rank and data cycle are returned to the state they were when the screen was first opened.

③ [Share] Use when you want to embed the currently displayed chart on another website.
(This is an advanced function for developers.)
　Click the share button to display the dialog box shown on the right.
　HTML iframe information displays so please copy it.
　You can change settings for whether to acquire the chart width, height and latest values in the dialog box shown on the right.

④ [Favorite] Saves the indicator selection, chart type,
　region name (regional rank), time point (only for by region charts), and data cycle displayed in the current chart and registers them in the ⑨ Favorite chart settings.

⑤ [Show Value] Switches between displaying (ON) or hiding (OFF) values in the currently displayed chart.

⑥ [Show Event] Switches between displaying labels (ON) or hiding labels (OFF) for social events in the currently displayed chart.

⑦ [Download] Download data.

[All Data] Download a csv format (UTF8) file containing data from the oldest year (month) to the latest year (month) for a selected indicator.
[Displaying Data] Download a csv format (UTF8) file containing data in the range of the chart displayed on screen.

Enabling and disabling “Other functions”

The various buttons in the “Other functions” area are enabled and disabled depending on whether [Time series] or [By region] is selected and which tab is selected from among [Chart], [Table] and [Map].

(All functions can be used)

• Download is fixed at [All Data] because there is no range specification
• The [Show Event] function cannot be used because it is a single time point

• Cannot use the full screen, share, show value and show event functions at the table or map tab