The crisis: In Japan, a bubble of stock and land prices burst in 1989-1990, leading to nonperforming loans and solvency …

This paper analyzes various reform options for Japan's public pension in light of large fiscal consolidation needs of …

Japan had over 3.21 million people enrolled in defined contribution (DC) plans as of end-March 2009. Although the plans …

Within Japan's aging society, public pensions in which the working generation supports retirees will by necessity play …

strengthened in order to better serve one of the most rapidly aging populations in the world. Public and private pensions in Japan … traditional lifetime employment contracts. Recent legislation permitting the establishment of defined contribution plans in Japan …

, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States – and has examined how the incomes of older …

strengthened in order to better serve one of the most rapidly aging populations in the world. Public and private pensions in Japan … traditional lifetime employment contracts. Recent legislation permitting the establishment of defined contribution plans in Japan …