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OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: Japan 2020

Structural adjustment and changes to employment use in Japan

OECD Employment Outlook 2020 - Key findings for Japan

The average monthly decline in hours worked in Japan was 7.9% in the first three months of the COVID-19 crisis, compared to a decline of 2.6% during a comparable period in the the Global Financial Crisis. While the decline was smaller than in some other countries, total hours worked in April were almost 19% below their peak at the end of 2019.

Over the Rainbow? The Road to LGBTI Inclusion - How does Japan compare?

This note provides a comprehensive overview of the extent to which laws in Japan and OECD countries ensure equal treatment of LGBTI people, and of the complementary policies that could help foster LGBTI inclusion.

How's life in Japan?

This note presents selected findings based on the set of well-being indicators published in How's Life? 2020.

Pensions at a Glance 2019 - Key findings for Japan

Key findings for Japan from the report "Pensions at a Glance 2019"

Government at a Glance

Government at a Glance provides a dashboard of key indicators to help you analyse international comparisons of public sector performance.

Health at a Glance 2019: Key findings for Japan - In English

Japan displays many excellent indicators of population health, including the highest life expectancy in the world. Still, many people are pessimistic about their health – 14% of adults rate their own health poorly – though this partly reflects linguo-cultural differences. Most people lead healthy lifestyles, with low rates of alcohol consumption and the lowest share of adults overweight or obese.

図表でみる医療 2019 - 日本 : どのように比較されるか?

日本は世界で最も平均寿命が長いなど、健康状態において優れた指標を多く有している。それでも多くの国民が健康に関して悲観的であり、14％の成人が自分は不健康であると評価している。しかしながらこれは言語文化の違いを反映しているとも言える。自殺率も比較的高いが（OECD諸国中6番目に高い）、徐々に減少してきている。

Japan must urgently address long-standing concerns over foreign bribery enforcement

Japan must step up enforcement of its foreign bribery laws and strengthen the capacities of its law enforcement agencies to proactively detect, investigate and prosecute the foreign bribery offence, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.