Japan

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

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.

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011: Country Notes

07-Apr-2009

Country Notes from OECD Economic Policy Reforms: Going for growth 2011 presenting OECD recommendations for structural reform priorities for individual countries. 

Inflation Responses to Recent Shocks: Do G7 Countries Behave Differently?

01-Apr-2009

Lukas Vogel, Elena Rusticelli, Pete Richardson, Stéphanie Guichard and Christian Gianella

This working 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.

OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies. Japan

08-Mar-2009

This report looks at how Japan monitors, prepares for and responds to floods and earthquakes. It identifies good practices and areas where improvements could be made.

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

06-Mar-2009

Stéphanie Guichard, David Haugh and David Turner

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.

Japan must continue reforms in tertiary education, says OECD

05-Mar-2009

In recent years, Japan has made significant progress in modernising its tertiary education system but reforms of the system must continue to respond to current social and economic pressures in Japan.

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2009 - Japan Country Note

03-Mar-2009

This note, taken from Chapter 3 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2009, contains information about the progress in implementing reforms in line with the 2008 priorities for Japan. 

The Changing Boundaries of Social Enterprises

27-Feb-2009

This book contains recommendations for national and local policy makers and presents a set of international best practices for social enterprises.

Innovation in Country Risk

23-Feb-2009

This report looks at innovative practices in the management of risk in six countries in the 21st century: the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Japan, the Netherlands and Singapore.

Asian Policy Centre - Health and Social Policy

30-Jan-2009

The OECD/Korea Policy Centre fosters the exchange of technical information and policy experiences relating to the Asia Pacific region in areas such as health statistics, pension reforms and social policy and expenditure.