富山——警方周六搜查了富山市政府，原因是该市工作人员被指控在2025年人口普查中夸大这座日本中部城市的人口数字，涉嫌违反《统计法》。
Toyama – Police searched the Toyama City Hall on Saturday over suspected violations of the statistics law related to allegations that its staff inflated the central Japanese city’s population figure in the 2025 census.
星期六上午10时许，富山县警察总署约10名身穿西装的调查人员带着纸箱抵达市政府，随后前往大楼五层，负责人口普查相关事务的部门设在那里。
About 10 investigators in suits from the Toyama Prefectural Police arrived at the office around 10 a.m. with cardboard boxes in hand and headed to the building’s fifth floor, where the division in charge of census-related duties is located.
周二，日本总务省就涉嫌违反《统计法》一事，针对身份尚未确定的市政府工作人员提出刑事控告。
On Tuesday, the internal affairs ministry filed a criminal complaint against unidentified city staff for the alleged violations of the statistics law.
总务省周二公布的最终数据显示，该市人口为399,197人，低于5月公布的初步数字402,133人。总务省表示，富山市的人口至少被虚增了2,000人，并认为多名市政府工作人员涉嫌参与其中。
According to final figures released by the ministry Tuesday, the city had a population of 399,197, down from the preliminary figure of 402,133 released in May. The ministry said that Toyama’s population had been padded by at least 2,000, and that multiple city staff members were suspected of involvement.
富山市市长藤井宽久在周五的新闻发布会上否认，虚报人口是为了让该市人口维持在40万人以上。
Toyama Mayor Hirohisa Fujii denied at a news conference Friday that the inflation was motivated by a desire to keep the city’s population above 400,000.
藤井宽久补充说：“上层官员没有下达虚报数字的指示。我会在适当的时候承担应尽的责任。”2026财年的地方分配税补助采用了人口普查初步人口数字计算。据该市估算，富山市可能因此多获得了约6,000万日元，超出其应有金额。
“There were no instructions from senior officials” to inflate the figure, Fujii added. “I will take due responsibility at the appropriate time.”The preliminary census population figure was used to calculate local allocation tax grants for fiscal 2026. According to a city estimate, Toyama may have received about ¥60 million more than it was entitled to as a result.
藤井宽久在一份声明中说：“我们高度重视警方的搜查行动，并将继续全力配合调查。”
“We take the police search very seriously and will continue to fully cooperate with the investigation,” Fujii said in a statement.