Japan

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Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2009: How Does Japan Compare

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01-Jul-2009

Total health spending accounted for 8.1% of GDP in Japan in 2006–07, 0.8% lower than the OECD average of 8.9%.

OECD Economic Outlook No. 85 - Japan

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24-Jun-2009

Summary of economic developments and projections for Japan taken from the latest OECD Economic Outlook.

Pensions at a Glance 2009: Highlights for Japan

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23-Jun-2009

Japan is the OECD’s ‘oldest’ country, with just 2.6 people, of working age for every person aged over 65... Public pensions in Japan are projected to provide the second lowest pensions relative to individual earnings of OECD countries...

More competition key to future prosperity of Japan’s farm sector, says OECD report

19-May-2009

Improving competitiveness is essential to the future prosperity of Japan’s agricultural sector, according to a new OECD report. Recent attempts to focus support on the more efficient farmers can help, but progress will be limited as long as the sector is protected from competition.

Society at a Glance 2009 - OECD Social Indicators: Key findings for Japan

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04-May-2009

Life expectancy, leisure, sleep, crime, infant mortality and obesity, etc. Society at a Glance 2009  also provides a special chapter examines leisure time across the OECD.

Inflation responses to recent shocks: do G7 countries behave differently?

01-Apr-2009

This paper uses a variety of empirical methods to examine the apparent differences in monetary policy stances as between the United States and other G7 economies, notably those in the Euro Area, during the period of sharp increases in oil and other commodity prices in the first half of 2008.

Quantifying the effect of financial conditions in the Euro Area, Japan, United Kingdom and United States

06-Mar-2009

This paper constructs a broad measure of financial conditions for the United States, Japan, the Euro Area and the United Kingdom, by extending monetary condition indices which are traditionally used to gauge the impact of monetary policy on the economy.