This report, part of a series covering around 20 OECD countries, contains a survey of Japan's main barriers to …

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 …

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 …

difficulties which are likely to arise with the ageing of OECD population structures. Japan has the fastest ageing population … structure in the OECD. In 1960 the proportion of the population aged 65 and over in Japan was 5 per cent. In 1985 this … understood in Japan, and the way in which the Japanese government and people are approaching this issue is of interest to other …