The GIS data downloaded from e-Stat is read and converted into an easy to process sf::sf format.
You can use download_stat_map() to download the data.
read_estat_map(file, type = "aggregate_unit", remove_cols = TRUE)Path to downloaded e-Stat shape file
Currently, only "aggregate_unit" is used.
Whether or not to remove redundant columns. When TRUE (the default), the following columns are removed (See details). These columns can be substituted or sought with values from other columns.
S_AREA
KAxx_, KAxx_id
KEN, KEN_NAME
DUMMY1
X_CODE, Y_CODE