Residents of Japan, this country is counting on you! Or, to be more precise, counting you.

We are currently in the middle of the ¹ú„ÝÕ{–Ë (kokusei ch¨­sa, national census), which takes place 5Äê¤Ë1»Ø (go-nen ni ikkai, once every five years).

Unfortunately, we¡¯re also in the middle of the ¥³¥í¥Êµœ (korona-ka, coronavirus crisis), and that¡¯s presenting the ¾t„ÕÊ¡½yÓ‹¾Ö (s¨­mu-sh¨­ t¨­kei-kyoku, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications¡¯ Statistics Bureau of Japan) with a new set of problems.