Population ageing is already well advanced in Japan and will progress further
Later retirement by older people would reduce the decline in Japan's labour force
Japan already has some of the highest participation rates for older people among OECD countries
Impacts of contribution extension and deferred pensionable age on pension replacement rate as of 2058
Many workers become non-regular employees after reaching 60 years old
Most firms have kept retirement age at 60
Seniority wages remain dominant in Japan
Seniority based pay are negatively correlated with retention of older workers
Older workers face large wage declines
The Japanese wage system has gradually shifted from its traditional seniority pay system
More firms are determining wages based on job duties than age and tenure
Worker age profiles by occupation differ across countries
Japan has relatively strong protections for permanent workers
Increasing pension age has increased the chances of workers staying in the labour market
Skill levels of older (55-65) and younger (25-34) people
Literacy and numeracy skills of Japanese decline steeply at older ages
Skill use at work by older (55-65) and prime-age (25-54) workers
Participation in job-related training is higher for employed than for unemployed and decreases with age
Participation in on-the-job and off-the-job training decreases with age
Temporary workers and employer-sponsored training
Work-related training by skill level, 2012 and 2015
Unemployment rate by broad age group and gender, Japan and the OECD
Unemployment by age and duration, Japan and the OECD
Reasons for wanting to change job, by broad age groups and gender
Reasons for inactives wishing to work but not searching employment
Despite more than doubling public spending on active labour market programmes over the past decade, Japan has one of the lowest expenditures among OECD countries in 2016
Public expenditure over the past decade on institutional training across OECD countries
Top occupations male workers wish to find and those found by age
Top occupations female workers wish to find and those found by age
Job quality indicators in selected countries
Trends in working hours for selected OECD countries
Workers with very long working hours by age and sex
Number of accident insurance payments
Effects of working hours and other work-life factors on mental health
Older workers are less likely to supervise colleagues, use planning and influencing skills
Effects on workplace factors, working hour and wage on older workers' job satisfaction
Trend of number of workers leaving jobs due to long-term family nursing care
Share of older entrepreneurs has increased, while persons who wish to start a business has decreased