20-June-2024
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This country note compares Japan to the OECD average across various social indicators, drawing on data from Society at a Glance 2024. As the special chapter in this edition is on fertility trends, the note highlights relevant indicators such as total fertility rates, the mean age of mothers at childbirth, the proportion of young people living with their parents, as well as public spending on family benefits.
20-June-2024
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This country note compares Japan to the OECD average across various social indicators, drawing on data from Society at a Glance 2024. 出生動向についての章に関する指標とその他の社会指標の選択
11-January-2024
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Japan’s economy has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic but faces new challenges from weak global trade prospects. Policy should now focus on ensuring fiscal sustainability, boosting productivity growth, and addressing the economic and social impacts of rapid population ageing.
7-November-2023
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Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data and trends on population health and health system performance. This Country Note shows how Japan compares to other OECD countries across indicators in the report.
14-September-2023
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – the ability of microbes to resist antimicrobials - remains an alarming global health threat that jeopardises the effectiveness of many 20th century public health advances. In recent years, Japan made important strides in tackling AMR. Yet, more progress is needed.
14-September-2023
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薬剤耐性(AMR)（病原菌が抗菌薬に抵抗する能力）は、20世紀における多くの公衆衛生上の進歩を 危険にさらすグローバルヘルスにおける憂慮すべき重大な危機であり続けています。近年、日本はAMR対策の重要な進歩を遂げた。しかし、更なる取組が必要である。
9-May-2023
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Joining Forces for Gender Equality comprehensively analyses developments and policies for gender equality, including issues such as gender mainstreaming and budgeting, reforms to increase fathers’ involvement in parental leave and childcare, pay transparency initiatives to tackle gender pay gaps, and systems to address gender-based violence.
25-April-2023
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The tax wedge for the average single worker in Japan remained unchanged at 32.6% in 2021 and 2022. The OECD average tax wedge in 2022 was 34.6% (2021, 34.6%).
16-December-2022
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Biographical note of Japan's Permanent Representative to the OECD.
30-November-2022
English
The OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics report found that the tax-to-GDP ratio in Japan increased by 1.7 percentage points from 31.5% in 2019 to 33.2% in 2020.* The corresponding figures for the OECD average were an increase of 0.2 percentage points from 33.4% to 33.6%.