Companion content to the NHK Special “Verifying the 77 Trillion Yen COVID-19 Budget,” visualizing the subset of administrative program review data that can be called the “COVID-19 budget” from a variety of angles.
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Publication Date
December 29, 2021
Project Client
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Project Description
Companion content to the NHK Special “Verifying the 77 Trillion Yen COVID-19 Budget,” visualizing the subset of administrative program review data that can be called the “COVID-19 budget” from a variety of angles.
#1 By ministry and policy (stacked bar chart)
Shows the rough content of each program and the ministry in charge.
#2 What outcomes for what budgets? (slope chart)
Shows the budget size, the amount actually spent, and program activity outcomes.
#3 A “COVID-19 budget” before COVID-19? (beeswarm)
Shows the timing and duration of programs.
#4 The mystery of the 100%-achievement-rate (small multiples)
Shows the performance indicators and goal-achievement status used to evaluate programs.
#5 Where did the money go? (Sankey diagram)
Shows payees and payment amounts for each ministry that disbursed the budget.
Project Role
Art direction (partial), front-end coding (partial).