Japan
This chapter presents a brief overview of labour market outcomes of young people in Japan. The chapter sets off by summarising the demographic situation in Japan. It describes the situation of young people in the labour market, looking at trends in labour force participation, youth employment and unemployment as well as job quality and earnings. The chapter concludes by outlining the challenge posed by young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET).
The paper is the first in a series of two papers mapping young people’s environmental sustainability competence in EU and OECD countries that were prepared as background for the forthcoming OECD Skills Outlook 2023 publication. The papers are the results of a collaboration between the OECD Centre for Skills and the European Commission - Joint Research Centre (Unit B4) on students’ environmental sustainability competence. The second paper is titled: ‘The environmental sustainability competence toolbox: From leaving a better planet to our children to leaving better children for our planet’.
This chapter provides a demographic and economic overview of Yokohama, followed by an assessment of the current ageing challenges. It analyses current policy actions, in particular, FutureCity Planning (a long-term vision), Development of Growing Industry (Yokohama’s industrial vision), model projects for revitalising residential districts and policies on social welfare services.
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Currently, Japan has the highest old-age dependency ratio of all OECD countries, with a ratio in 2017 of over 50 persons aged 65 and above for every 100 persons aged 20 to 64. This ratio is projected to rise to 79 per hundred in 2050. The rapid population ageing in Japan is a major challenge for achieving further increases in living standards and ensuring the financial sustainability of public social expenditure. However, with the right policies in place, there is an opportunity to cope with this challenge by extending working lives and making better use of older workers' knowledge and skills. This report investigates policy issues and discusses actions to retain and incentivise the elderly to work more by further reforming retirement policies and seniority-wages, investing in skills to improve productivity and keeping up with labour market changes through training policy, and ensuring good working conditions for better health with tackling long-hours working culture.