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Social expenditure of Japan. Japan also has comparatively low social spending: among the OECD countries in 1995, Japan spent only 14.0% of its GDP on social expenditures, lower than many other OECD countries: this figure compares to 15.4% in the US, 20.4% in the UK, 19.8% in Italy, 26.6% in Germany, 28.3% in France, and 32.5% in Sweden. [5]
Furthermore, the implementation of public policies including employment policies, tax policies, and social security policies also contributed to a relatively equal class structure in Japanese society. First, in the 1960s, Japan's total unemployment rate remained at around 1% and raised to 1.3% after 1973.
During the 1970s energy crisis, Japan introduced energy-saving measures and became a hub of miniaturization. [1] The women's liberation movement in Japan, known as ũman ribu, began to gain momentum with feminist groups starting to form in 1970. [2] [3] In November 1973, a tissue shortage in Japan was reported by news agencies. [4]
During the period of dramatic economic growth following World War II, Japan's life-expectancy increased with fertility decreased. This has led to explosive growth in the cost of social security programs with a continuing decline in the workforce.
According to models by the government’s Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS), which were most recently revised last year, the population will fall 30% by 2070. At that ...
Japan was below average for wage differentials by gender and firm size, labor's share of total manufacturing income, social security and unemployment benefits, weekly workdays and daily work hours, overall price of land and housing, river pollution, sewage facilities, and recreational park areas in urban centers.
(This is also described under Social Welfare in Japan) Category 1 – All registered residents of Japan who are aged between 20 and 60 years old, but do not fit into either category 2 or 3 (i.e. typically the unemployed, self-employed, or employees of very small companies). People in this category should go to the National Pension counter at ...
Events in the year 1973 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 48 (昭和48年) ... in an incident caused bx a security guardman has arson acting. ...