September 8, 2000
Bank of Japan
Research and Statistics Department

We would like to announce that the electronic version of "TANKAN: The Comprehensive Data Set" will be released on our Web Site.

--	For convenience, we have uploaded the electronic version of "TANKAN: The Comprehensive Data Set" of the last March and June Survey on the Web Site.

As a consequence, the release date of "TANKAN: the Comprehensive Data Set" will be advanced by two days. It will be available at 8:50 a.m. two days after the release of the 'TANKAN Summary.'


The new schedule for the release of the TANKAN survey is;
Tankan survey results for September 2000

Tuesday,	October 3,	8:50 a.m.	:	'TANKAN Summary', 'TANKAN Outline'
Wednesday,	October 4,	8:50 a.m.	:	'TANKAN Figures by Industry' (Japanese only)
Thursday,	October 5,	8:50 a.m.	:	'TANKAN: The Comprehensive Data Set of the September 2000 Survey'

Tankan survey results for December 2000

Wednesday,	December 13,	8:50 a.m.	:	'TANKAN Summary', 'TANKAN Outline'
Thursday,	December 14,	8:50 a.m.	:	'TANKAN Figures by Industry' (Japanese only)
Friday,	December 15,	8:50 a.m.	:	'TANKAN: The Comprehensive Data Set of the December 2000 Survey'

In addition, publication of the book "TANKAN: the Comprehensive Data Set" will also be advanced by one day. It will be available three days after release of the 'TANKAN Summary'

For any further inquiries, Please contact:
Business Survey Group, Economic Statistics Division
Mr. Makoto Maeya E-mail address: makoto.maeya@boj.or.jp
Mr. Satoshi Saito E-mail address: satoshi.saito@boj.or.jp