SE, no effort anywhere lately.

[Absurdity]

The number of active characters is about 1.39 million , an increase of 30,000 from the previous (1.36 million) .
The number of new characters is about 100,000, a decrease of about 40,000 from the previous 150,000 .
The number of returning characters who were inactive last time but became active this time is 420,000, a decrease of 20,000 from the previous 440,000 .
The number of active characters since the last time is about 860,000, an increase of 80,000 from 780,000.

Seems like a bit of a contradiction if it's not a translation error.