This book provides an overview of the key challenges faced by Japan and OECD's main policy recommendations to address … OECD’s policy advice to the specific and timely priorities of Japan, focusing on how its government can make reform happen. …

Japan has achieved a comparatively high level of well-being: skill levels are high, unemployment is low and life … per capita output growth has picked up. However, to achieve inclusive growth and greater well-being, Japan needs to … measures to raise revenues and control spending. As Japan’s population ages, using all available talent in the labour market …

With 25 years of sluggish economic growth, Japan’s per capita income has fallen from a level matching the average of … improvements in labour productivity and labour force participation. Japan’s highly-skilled labour force and its technological …