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status: not_available
error: "Primary source e-Stat portal could not be accessed to retrieve the specific Excel file for March 2026 Housing Starts within tool budget. Connection timeouts and JavaScript-rendered file list prevented automated discovery of data file. Payload value -29.3% YoY could not be verified from MLIT/e-Stat official publication."
date_searched: 2026-04-30T05:09:45Z
urls_tried:
  - https://www.mlit.go.jp/toukeijouhou/chojou/stat-e.htm (MLIT page with e-Stat link)
  - https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/files?toukei=00600120&tstat=000001016966 (e-Stat file listing - connection timeout)
search_queries_used:
  - "Japan Housing Starts March 2026 Ministry of Land Infrastructure Transport Tourism"
  - "site:e-stat.go.jp housing starts 2026年3月"
  - "site:e-stat.go.jp \"00600120\" \"2026\""
notes: |
  The MLIT summary page correctly points to e-Stat dataset 00600120 (Building Starts) / tstat 000001016966 (Housing Starts). The e-Stat file listing page likely contains the Excel file for March 2026 (survey date), but automated curl attempts timed out or returned incomplete content (exit code 23). Browser-use also failed to retrieve rendered content within timeouts. The e-Stat site may require a real browser with full JS and possibly accepts cookies/headers that block headless access. Given tool budget constraints and repeated access failures, the document could not be retrieved. The payload's -29.3% figure remains unverified from primary source.
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