global overview of japan

JapanThe Land of the Rising Sun

日本国

日本国

Project for :-- Anjali Ma’am.

Murtaza Pranav Raigil Satish Zeeshan Zia

Country Profile

Language: Japanese Government: Parliamentary with constitutional

monarchy Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe Capital: Tokyo Flag description:

White with a large red disk (representing the sun without rays) in the center

Population: 127,368,088 (July 2012 est.)

Demographics

Age structure:- 0-14 years: 13.5% (male 8,927,803/female

8,268,937) 15-24 years: 9.8% (male 6,385,033/female

6,046,609)  25-54 years: 38.5% (male 24,299,387/female

24,686,224) 55-64 years: 14.4% (male 9,166,111/female

9,177,111) 65 years and over: 23.9% (male

13,097,558/female 17,313,315) (2012 est.)

Demographics Median age:- total: 45.4 years 

male: 44.1 years  female: 46.9 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate:- -0.077% (2012 est.) Birth rate:- 8.39 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate:- 9.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Sex ratio:- at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 

under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female  15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female  65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female  total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Literacy:- definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99%  male: 99%  female: 99% (2002)

Religions:- Shintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 7.14%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8% .

Decrease in Growth

Surplus in Savings Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Vested

Interest Groups Policy Mismanagement Structural Impediments Yen Appreciation Global Capital Flows

Reasons for Deflation in Japan

Tight monetary conditions Unfavorable demographics Fallen asset prices Insolvent Companies/Banks Fear of insolvent banks Imported deflation Stimulus Spending

SHINZO ABE

Background Japan suffered a 0.7% loss in

real GDP in 2008 followed by a severe 5.2% loss in 2009.

In contrast, the data for world real GDP growth was a 3.1% hike in 2008 followed by a 0.7% loss in 2009.

Exports from Japan shrunk from 746.5 billion in U.S. dollars to 545.3 billion in U.S. dollars from 2008 to 2009, a 27% reduction.

Abenomics Abenomics is a set of

policy measures meant to resolve Japan's macroeconomic problems. It consists of monetary policy, fiscal policy, and economic growth strategies to encourage private investment.

Specific Policies.

Abe’s three Arrows 3 arrows- a massive fiscal stimulus, more aggressive monetary easing

from the Bank of Japan, and structural reforms to boost Japan's competitiveness.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s program for his country’s economic recovery has led to a surge in domestic confidence

Abe’s first budget increased defence spending and manpower while reducing foreign aid.

Monetary, Fiscal, and Structural policies. Abe likens this approach to holding three arrows – “taken alone, each can be bent; taken together, none can”.

The 2020 Olympics: A 'Fourth Arrow' For Abenomics.

Karōshi :-- "death from overwork"

sābisu zangyō ("voluntary" undocumented unpaid overtime )

Shinsotsu-Ikkatsu-Saiyō (recruiting of new graduates)

Furoshiki (cloaked overtime) Seken (public gaze)

Feminism in Japan

Prior to the 19th century, Japanese women were traditionally taught to obey a male: either a father, husband, brother, or son. However, after the Meiji Restoration abolished the feudal system, a number of changes were made in the status of women. 

Feminism in Japan had reached new heights because of woman’s right movement started in mid 90’s and also further changes to the status of women came about in the aftermath of World War II

Feminism in Japan began in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries. Many observers believe the movement was due to the flood of

western thinking that reached Japan after the Meiji Restoration

SOME OF THE RULES EARLIER:--

• Husband may kill his wife for being lazy or bad.

• Women could learn to write only hiragana, and thus were prevented from reading political and business transactions or great literary works.

• Women were in all ways subordinate to men.

In 1970, in the wake of the Anti-Vietnam War

Trafficking in women was restricted, women were allowed to request divorces, and both boys and girls were required to receive elementary education.

Abortion is legal in Japan

Right to vote

Right to gain higher Education

Right to do/not to do household work

Right to choose her spouse

Right to work

Right to purchase land on her name

AT PRESENT………

They move away from household-based employment

In 1990 approximately 50% of all women over fifteen years of

age participated in the paid labor force.

Today around 72% of the woman in Japan are in workforce.

A new generation of educated women had emerged, that is seeking a career as a working woman with no husband or children. Japanese women are joining

the labor force in unprecedented numbers.

In 1987 there were 24.3 million working women (40% of the labor force), and they accounted for 59% of the increase in employment from 1975 to 1987.

Women of Japan

WOMEN IN JAPAN HAD PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN SITUATION OF

CRISIS.

TODAY THE POSITION OF JAPAN (as Industrialized Nation) IS WHAT

BECAUSE OF WOMEN

ROLE OF YOUTH W.R.T EDUCATION

Yutori Education or Pressure Free Education

Starting in the 1980s, in response to concerns about the pressures on students of the university exam system, the government introduced a series of reforms collectively known as yutori education, or “pressure-free education,” to give students more time to rest and express themselves, and to reduce their course load. In the most recent round of yutori reforms that began in 1992, Japan scaled back the school week from six days to five.

In Japan, education is compulsory at the elementary and lower secondary levels. Most students attend public schools through the lower secondary level, but private education is popular at the upper secondary

and university levels.

Before yutori education, or “pressure-free education

• Asian parents invest more in educational resources than their

white counterparts despite comparable resources

Furthermore, a study of Japanese after-school activities, 46% of Japanese go to

after school studies.

However, what they parents may not realize, is that extra- curricular activities.

Cross-cultural studies

Japanese children are too hard working but the only problem is they want to study but the level of education

is at NOVICE .

ROLE OF YOUTH

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