Japan

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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...

Asian Policy Centre - health and social policy

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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.

Asian countries should reform their pension systems, says OECD

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07-Jan-2009

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.

Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People (Health Working Paper No. 26)

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30-Mar-2007

Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat

As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence expenditure on, long-term care.

Pensions: How Does Japan Compare with Other OECD Countries ?

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02-Sep-2005

Edward R. Whitehouse

How does Japan compare with other OECD countries: (i) in terms of the pension promise; (ii) in terms of older people’s incomes relative to average household incomes; and (iii) in terms of current and projected future public spending on old-age pensions.