Asian countries should reform their pension systems, says OECD

Many Asian countries will need to reform their pension systems in order to deliver sustainable and adequate retirement incomes for today’s workers, according to a new OECD report.

Japan could do more to help young people find stable jobs

Young people in Japan are finding it increasingly hard to get stable jobs and the Japanese authorities should expand vocational training schemes and increase social security coverage for young non-regular workers in order to help them.

Growing Unequal 2008 - Country note: Japan

This note presents key findings related to income inequality and poverty for Japan, with global trends among OECD countries.

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Growing Unequal 2008 - Country note: Japan (in Japanese)

This note presents (in Japanese) key findings related to income inequality and poverty for Japan, with global trends among OECD countries.

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Japan: Environmental performance of agriculture since 1990

Agri-environmental indicators for Japan and data on the environmental performance of Japanese agriculture. Extract from the publication Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD Countries since 1990 (2008).

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（1990年以降のOECD加盟国の農業に関する環境パフォーマンス） 国別セクション：日本

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Japanese websites on agri-environmental issues

Links to sites from Japan on agri-environmental issues.

Resource productivity and the "3Rs"

In his speech delivered at the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting 2008, Angel Gurría discussed how promoting resource productivity and the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) can protect the environment while sustaining growth and prosperity.

OECD working party launches safety testing of nanomaterials

OECD member countries, as well as some non-member economies and other stakeholders, are pooling expertise and funding to test the human health and environmental safety effects of a number of nanomaterials.

OECD 対日経済審査報告書2008 年版

日本経済は戦後最長の景気拡大期にあり、2008 年と2009 年は1½～2％の経済成長が見込まれる。成長の牽引役は企業の旺盛な設備投資とアジア諸国向けを中心とした輸出の力強い伸びである。しかし今後の持続的成長という面で、日本経済は根強いデフレ、すでに膨大な公的債務のさらなる増加、経済セグメント間の格差拡大などといった様々な課題に直面している。大手製造業が輸出拡大の恩恵を受けている一方、中小企業が大半を占める非製造業は収益性、景況感、投資、賃金の面で出遅れている。労働市場でも二極化が進んでおり、低賃金で社会的保護も手薄な非正規労働者が労働人口に占める比率は上昇している。こうした課題に対処するためには、健全なマクロ経済政策や構造改革を含めた包括的な施策によって、労働参加率や生産性を高める一方で経済格差を克服することが求められる。デフレの完全な終息の確保。 日本銀行は、2006 年に導入した新たな金融政策の枠組みに基づいて政策金利を2 度引き上げた後、2007