Reports

Education at a Glance 2014: Japan (Japanese)

The proportion of tertiary-educated adults in Japan increased from 34% to 47% between 2000 and 2012 and is now the third largest proportion among OECD countries

Measuring Innovation in Education - Japan

The ability to measure innovation is essential to an improvement strategy in education. This country note analyses how the practices are changing within classrooms and educational organisations and how teachers develop and use their pedagogical resources.

Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)- Country Note - Japan

Country notes highlight some key findings from TALIS 2013 for individual countries and economies

Revenue Statistics in Asian Countries 2014 - Trends in Indonesia and Malaysia

Japan: Advancing the Third Arrow for a Resilient Economy and Inclusive Growth

PISA 2012 problem-solving results - Japan

Note summarising the performance of 15-year-olds in Japan in the PISA 2012 assessment of problem solving.

Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for Japan

This note presents key findings for Japan from Society at a Glance 2014 - OECD Social indicators. This 2014 publication also provides a special chapter on: the crisis and its aftermath: a “stress test” for societies and for social policies.

Going for Growth 2016: Japan

The productivity level in services relative to manufacturing is particularly low in Japan, dragging down economy-wide labour productivity, which is significantly below the average of the upper-half of OECD countries.

Going for Growth 2014: Japan

The Japanese economy is recovering after having suffered severe shocks from the 2008 financial and economic crisis and the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

Pensions at a Glance 2013 - Highlights for Japan

The effective age of labour market exit in Japan is one of the highest in OECD. Retirement-income adequacy may be an issue for future cohorts of retirees...