social security

Tax-Cut Proposals Threaten Japan’s Social Stability: Assessing Social Security’s Costs and Benefits INSIGHT | Jan 13, 2026

Japan Needs a Unified Childcare Support System to Avert Demographic DisasterINSIGHT | Apr 26, 2023

Japan’s Healthcare Expenditures Reach Record HighINSIGHT | Oct 17, 2022

National Pension Payment Rate Rises to 73.9% in JapanINSIGHT | Jul 8, 2022

Record Exemptions and Moratoriums in Japan’s National Pension ProgramINSIGHT | Jul 14, 2021

Japan’s Average Monthly Nursing-Care Insurance Premiums Reach ¥6,000May 26, 2021

National Burden: Taxes and Social Security Contributions in Japan Exceed 40% of Income for Ninth Consecutive YearINSIGHT | May 10, 2021

Growing Medical Woes: Japan’s Healthcare Expenditures Rise to Record ¥42.6 TrillionINSIGHT | Oct 23, 2019

The Political History of Japan’s Consumption TaxINSIGHT | Oct 8, 2019

A National Conversation is Needed on the Purpose of the Consumption Tax HikeINSIGHT | Jun 3, 2019

Abenomics: An Economic Recovery, but Growth Strategies Yield Few ResultsINSIGHT | Dec 28, 2018

Japan Spends Record ¥42.2 Trillion on Healthcare in 2017INSIGHT | Nov 2, 2018

Aging Population Means Social Security Costs Will Balloon to ¥190 Trillion in 2040INSIGHT | Jun 18, 2018

Toward More Sustainable Social Security for JapanINSIGHT | Apr 9, 2018

Japan’s Coming Population ImplosionINSIGHT | Jul 27, 2017

Reading Between the Lines of Abenomics 2.0INSIGHT | Dec 16, 2015

“My Number”: Portal to a Digital SocietyINSIGHT | Nov 16, 2015

Will Lowering the Voting Age Change Japanese Politics?INSIGHT | Sep 25, 2015