), total: 1.9 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 2 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 1.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est. Most can click to the second page of search results from a library website to identify the author of a book called Ecomyth. There was an increase of 110,358 foreign residents from 2014 to 2015. In addition, the gender gap in South Asia and West and Central Africa is pronounced these regions each has around 4 million more young women than young men who are illiterate. Cities with significant populations of Japanese nationals in 2015 included: Note: The above data shows the number of Japanese nationals living overseas. (0.6%), Shiga [citation needed], However, some naturalizing foreigners feel that becoming a Japanese citizen should mean that they have a Japanese name and that they should abandon their foreign name, and some foreign residents do not wish to do thisalthough most Special Permanent Resident Koreans and Chinese already use Japanese names. )percent of population: 90% (2020 est. Shinto and Buddhism are Japan's two major religions. [1] Over 75% of the world's 781 million illiterate adults are found in South Asia, West Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, and women represent almost two-thirds of all illiterate adults globally. 9, No. ), $4,254,271,000,000 (2019 est. [44] Most of the decline is accounted for by a steep reduction in the number of Japan-born Koreans taking Japanese citizenship. ), total petroleum production: 10,200 bbl/day (2021 est. 1-12. (mythological date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU); 29 November 1890 (Meiji Constitution provides for constitutional monarchy), Birthday of Emperor NARUHITO, 23 February (1960); note - celebrates the birthday of the current emperor, history: previous 1890; latest approved 6 October 1946, adopted 3 November 1946, effective 3 May 1947amendments: proposed by the Diet; passage requires approval by at least two-thirds majority of both houses of the Diet and approval by majority in a referendum; note - the constitution has not been amended since its enactment in 1947, civil law system based on German model; system also reflects Anglo-American influence and Japanese traditions; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court, accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction, citizenship by birth: nocitizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Japandual citizenship recognized: noresidency requirement for naturalization: 5 years, chief of state: Emperor NARUHITO (since 1 May 2019); note - succeeds his father who abdicated on 30 April 2019head of government: Prime Minister Fumio KISHIDA (since 4 October 2021 )cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime ministerelections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; the leader of the majority party or majority coalition in the House of Representatives usually becomes prime ministerelection results: Fumio KISHIDA relected prime minister on 10 November 2021 by the lower house with 297 votes against 108 for Yukio EDANO and in the upper houese 141 for KISHIDA and 60 for EDANO, description: bicameral Diet or Kokkai consists of:House of Councillors or Sangi-in (245 seats, currently 242; 146 members directly elected in multi-seat districts by simple majority vote and 96 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with half the membership renewed every 3 years); note - the number of seats increases to 248 at the July 2022 election for renewal of half the membership House of Representatives or Shugi-in (465 seats; 289 members directly elected in single-seat districts by simple majority vote and 176 directly elected in multi-seat districts by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)elections: House of Councillors - last held on 21 July 2019 (next to be held in July 2022)House of Representatives - last held on 31 October 2021 (next to be held by October 2025)election results: House of Councillors - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDP 55, DP 32, Komeito 14, JCP 6, Osaka Ishin no Kai (Initiatives from Osaka) 7, PLPTYF 1, SDP 1, independent 5; composition - men 186, women 56, percent of women 21.3%House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LDP 261, CDP 96, Ishin 41, Komeito 32, DPFP 11, JCP 10, Reiwa 3, SDP 1, independent 10; composition - men 420, women 45, percent of women 9.7%; note - total Diet percent of women 14.7%note: the Diet in June 2017 redrew Japan's electoral district boundaries and reduced from 475 to 465 seats in the House of Representatives; the amended electoral law, which cuts 6 seats in single-seat districts and 4 in multi-seat districts, was reportedly intended to reduce voting disparities between densely and sparsely populated voting districts, highest court(s): Supreme Court or Saiko saibansho (consists of the chief justice and 14 associate justices); note - the Supreme Court has jurisdiction in constitutional issuesjudge selection and term of office: Supreme Court chief justice designated by the Cabinet and appointed by the monarch; associate justices appointed by the Cabinet and confirmed by the monarch; all justices are reviewed in a popular referendum at the first general election of the House of Representatives following each judge's appointment and every 10 years afterwardsubordinate courts: 8 High Courts (Koto-saiban-sho), each with a Family Court (Katei-saiban-sho); 50 District Courts (Chiho saibansho), with 203 additional branches; 438 Summary Courts (Kani saibansho), Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan or CDP [Kenta IZUMI]Democratic Party for the People Japan or DPFP [Yuichiro TAMAKI]Group of Reformists [Sakihito OZAWA]Japan Communist Party or JCP [Kazuo SHII]Japan Innovation Party or Nippon Ishin no kai or Ishin [Ichiro MATSUI]Komeito [Natsuo YAMAGUCHI]Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Fumio KISHIDA]Liberal Party [Ichiro OZAWA] (formerly People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends or PLPTYF)Party of Hope or Kibo no To [Nariaki NAKAYAMA]Reiwa Shinsengumi [Taro YAMAMOTO]Social Democratic Party or SDP [Mizuho FUKUSHIMA], ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CE (observer), CERN (observer), CICA (observer), CP, CPLP (associate), EAS, EBRD, EITI (implementing country), FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), Quad, SAARC (observer), SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC, chief of mission: Ambassador TOMITA Koji (since 17 February 2021)chancery: 2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 238-6700FAX: [1] (202) 328-2187email address and website: https://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itprtop_en/index.htmlconsulate(s) general: Anchorage (AK), Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver (CO), Detroit (MI), Hagatna (Guam), Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville (TN), New York, Portland (OR), San Francisco, Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands), Seattle (WA), chief of mission: Ambassador Rahm EMANUEL (since 25 March 2022)embassy: 1-10-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8420mailing address: 9800 Tokyo Place, Washington DC 20521-9800telephone: [81] (03) 3224-5000FAX: [81] (03) 3224-5856email address and website: TokyoACS@state.govhttps://jp.usembassy.gov/consulate(s) general: Naha (Okinawa), Osaka-Kobe, Sapporoconsulate(s): Fukuoka, Nagoya, white with a large red disk (representing the sun without rays) in the center, red sun disc, chrysanthemum; national colors: red, white, name: "Kimigayo" (The Emperor's Reign)lyrics/music: unknown/Hiromori HAYASHInote: adopted 1999; unofficial national anthem since 1883; oldest anthem lyrics in the world, dating to the 10th century or earlier; there is some opposition to the anthem because of its association with militarism and worship of the emperor, total World Heritage Sites: 25 (20 cultural, 5 natural)selected World Heritage Site locales: Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (c); Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (c); Himeji-jo (c); Shiretoko (n); Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (c); Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (c); Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (c); Yakushima (n); Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (c); Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (c). ), all primary and secondary regions of high population density lie on the coast; one-third of the population resides in and around Tokyo on the central plain (Kanto Plain), many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors but occasional severe earthquakes) every year; tsunamis; typhoons, volcanism: both Unzen (1,500 m) and Sakura-jima (1,117 m), which lies near the densely populated city of Kagoshima, have been deemed Decade Volcanoes by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to their explosive history and close proximity to human populations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Asama, Honshu Island's most active volcano, Aso, Bandai, Fuji, Iwo-Jima, Kikai, Kirishima, Komaga-take, Oshima, Suwanosejima, Tokachi, Yake-dake, and Usu; see note 2 under "Geography - note", note 1: strategic location in northeast Asia; composed of four main islands - from north: Hokkaido, Honshu (the largest and most populous), Shikoku, and Kyushu (the "Home Islands") - and 6,848 smaller islands and islets, note 2: Japan annually records the most earthquakes in the world; it is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire, noun: Japanese (singular and plural)adjective: Japanese, Japanese 97.9%, Chinese 0.6%, Korean 0.4%, other 1.1% (includes Vietnamese, Filipino, and Brazilian) (2017 est. In November 2017 the remaining 11 countries agreed on the core elements of a modified agreement, which they renamed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). [10], Although no longer in daily use, the Ainu language is preserved in epics, songs, and stories transmitted orally over succeeding generations. [62][63], Divorce rates per 1000 of total population, Naturalized Japanese citizens and native-born Japanese nationals with multi-ethnic background are all considered to be Japanese in the population census of Japan. ", "The "Karoshi" Phenomenon is Now a Worldwide Problem", "The Japanese Porn Industry: 5 Things We Learned at Japan Adult Expo", "Koreas per capita porn spending highest in world", "Being 'hafu' in Japan: Mixed-race people face ridicule, rejection", "Half, bi or double? Past and current discrimination has resulted in lower educational attainment and socioeconomic status among hisabetsu buraku than among the majority of Japanese. Two notable characteristics of the post-World War II economy were the close interlocking structures of manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors, known as keiretsu, and the guarantee of lifetime employment for a substantial portion of the urban labor force. ), $157.743 billion (2021 est. However, in the Central African Republic and Chad, very few children aged 7 to 14 demonstrate foundational reading and numeracy skills that they should have acquired in Grades 2 or 3. Foundationalnumeracy skills measure the minimum proficiency skills in numeracy expected in Grade 2/3. The disparity is largest in Nepal, where the share of the children from the poorest families with foundational numeracy skills lags 37 percentage points behind children from the richest families. )industrial: 11.61 billion cubic meters (2017 est. Literacy Rate Literacy is defined by the percentage of the literate population of a particular age group. TFR by prefecture for 200005, as well as future estimates, have been released. Between 1955 and 1989, land prices in the six largest cities increased by 15,000% (+12% per year compound). Exploring foundational skills in the midst of a learning crisis, Which children have internet access at home? If the child succeedsin all three tasks, s/he is considered to have foundationalreading skills. )industry: 30.1% (2017 est. [67] Most intermarriages in Japan are between Japanese men and women from other Asian countries, including China, the Philippines and South Korea. International historical statistics: Africa. (0.2%), and Chiba )wine: 0.29 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. The other age group which is being highlighted is the people of age between 15 to till 24 years the literacy rate is high as almost 65%. Despite this, New York has the ninth-highest percentage of adults with Bachelor's degrees or higher of 35.7%. )note: data represent population by nationality; up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil. June 1965) between South Korea and Japan. Japan is one of the most literate nations in the world and half of the population (50.50 percent) are educated adults. )exports: 28,000 cubic meters (2019 est. Across the 34 countries and territories with available data, the median share of young men with ICT skills is 20 per cent, whereas the median share of young women with ICT skills is only 12 per cent. [68] Southeast Asia too, also has significant populations of people with half-Japanese ancestry, particularly in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The past decades has seen a tremendous improvement in the literacy rate of the world, however there is a long way to go in promoting education and making . [91] The number of foreign workers was 1.46 million in 2018, 29.7% are in the manufacturing sector; 389,000 are from Vietnam and 316,000 are from China. Reforms which took effect in 2015 relax visa requirements for "Highly Skilled Foreign Professionals" and create a new type of residence status with an unlimited period of stay. It ranks 35th in a list of countries by population density. The number of unemployed declined on a seasonally adjusted basis by 2.8% to 1.73 million in November from a month ago, while employment ticked down 0.3% to 67.13 million. In 1931-32 Japan occupied Manchuria, and in 1937 it launched a full-scale invasion of China. Those who cannot do so have few choices; even entry-level positions paying the federal minimum wage might be difficult to come by. )2.8% (2020 est. 99.00% Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. )from petroleum and other liquids: 444.271 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est. : Monitoring the situation of children and women, Compared to the gender gap, differences in foundational numeracy skills by wealth are more evident. Vietnamese makes the largest increase, however Burmese, Cambodians, Filipinos and Chinese are also increasing. Training and Workshops. In addition to the Japanese language, Rykyan languages are spoken in Okinawa and parts of Kagoshima in the Ryky Islands. 2022 Sep 08, 6:40, Kathmandu. Measured on a purchasing power parity basis that adjusts for price differences, Japan in 2017 stood as the fourth-largest economy in the world after first-place China, which surpassed Japan in 2001, and third-place India, which edged out Japan in 2012. ), municipal solid waste generated annually: 43.981 million tons (2015 est. Japan attacked US forces in 1941 - triggering America's entry into World War II - and soon occupied much of East and Southeast Asia. Discrimination against these occupational groups arose historically because of Buddhist prohibitions against killing and Shinto notions of pollution, as well as governmental attempts at social control.[10]. 10 - 14 years; 14 - 18 years; 18 - 25 years; 25 + years; These foreigners are registered under student visa or trainee visa, which gives them the student residency status. (1.0%), Kanagawa (2.7%), Aichi Almost all of these foreign students and trainees will return to their home country after three to four years (one valid period); few students extend their visa. Nevertheless, major cities, especially Tokyo, Yokohama and Fukuoka, and to a lesser extent Kyoto, Osaka and Nagoya, remain attractive to young people seeking education and jobs. What is Germany's literacy rate? ), electrification - total population: 100% (2020), installed generating capacity: 348.666 million kW (2020 est. )110.423 (2018 est. The total number of permanent residents had declined over the previous five years due to high cost of living. From the early 1980s, a civil disobedience movement encouraged refusal of the fingerprinting that accompanied registration every five years.[10]. )permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est. [71] Foreign Army personnel, of which there were up to 430,000 from the SCAP (post-occupation, United States Forces Japan) and 40,000 BCOF in the immediate post-war years, have not been at any time included in Japanese foreign resident statistics. )imports: 174.486 million metric tons (2020 est. The reform changes the status of foreign workers to regular employees and they can obtain permanent residence status. Producer price goes down in December of 2022 in Croatia. )tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est. As a complete list of all known data on literacy rates across the globe, please refer to the following table. Led by the Bank of Japans aggressive monetary easing, Japan is making modest progress in ending deflation, but demographic decline a low birthrate and an aging, shrinking population poses a major long-term challenge for the economy. [69] In the 21st century, discrimination against hfu occurs based on how different their identity, behavior and appearance is from a typical Japanese person. )geothermal: 0.3% of total installed capacity (2020 est. )exports: 0 kWh (2020 est. [59], The Japanese management working culture in Japan has led some to work-related deaths due to heart attack or stroke, this has led to the term karoshi (lit. 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Once they complete their programmes, they will be required to return to their home countries. [47], Japanese people enjoy a high standard of living, and nearly 90% of the population consider themselves part of the middle class. Learning outcomes are critical indicators of quality education. Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020): The proportion of foreign nationals is most likely higher due to those that did not declare a nationality. After its defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become an economic power and an ally of the US. We have provided a few examples below that you can copy and paste to your site: Your data export is now complete. The Mass Media and ICT modules in MICS6 provide information on mens and womens use of ICT skills in nine activities ranging from copying or moving a folder to writing a computer program. The total population had declined by 0.8 percent from the time of the census five years previously, the first time it had declined since the 1945 census. [66], Characterized as remnants of a primitive circumpolar culture, the fewer than 20,000Ainu in 1990 were considered racially distinct and thus not fully Japanese. Many young single Japanese male farmers choose foreign wives, mainly from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, China and South Korea, due to a lack of interest from Japanese women living a farming life. Foundational readingskills are divided into three categories: 1) wordrecognition (correctly reading 90 per cent of words in astory), 2) literal questions (replying correctly to all threeliteral questions), and 3) inferential (replying correctly tobothof two inferential questions). About us; EF Offices; All EF programs; Careers at EF; EF programs by age. We have provided a few examples below that you can copy and paste to your site: Your image export is now complete. Many farmers supplement their income with part-time jobs in nearby towns and cities. Non-ethnic Japanese in the past, and to an extent in the present, also live in small numbers in the Japanese archipelago. Japan's education system played a central part in enabling the country to meet the challenges presented by the need to quickly absorb Western ideas, science and technology, and it was also a key part in Japan's recovery and rapid economic growth in the decades following the end of World War II. Together these countries makes up 91,126 or 82.6% of all new residents from 2014 to 2015. Opponents of fingerprinting argued that it was discriminatory because the only Japanese who were fingerprinted were criminals. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, elected politicians hold actual decision-making power. If the child succeedsin all three tasks, s/he is considered to have foundationalreading skills. As the government and private corporations have stressed internationalization, greater numbers of individuals have been directly affected, decreasing Japan's historical insularity. In less-developed nations, women are generally expected to remain at home and care for the house and children. )112.166 (2017 est. As many as 781 million individuals throughout the globe are unable to read or write, and approximately two-thirds of them are women. This includes 325,000 Filipinos, many of whom are married to Japanese nationals and possessing some degree of Japanese ancestry,[42][43] 208,538 Brazilians, the majority possessing some degree of Japanese ancestry,[43] 778,112 Chinese, 448,053 Vietnamese and 426,908 South Koreans. Distinctive rhythmic music and dances and some Ainu festivals and crafts are preserved, but mainly in order to take advantage of tourism.[10]. )beer: 1.35 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. Chinese made up the largest portion of them with 215,155, followed by Filipinos with 115,857, and Koreans with 65,711. Japan literacy rate for 2018 was 99.00%, a 0% increase from 2015. Some 48.6% of Japanese adults are proficient at level 3 in literacy and 22.6% of adults are proficient levels 4/5 in the same domain. According to the Japanese Health Ministry, the population is estimated to drop from its current state of 125.58 million to 86.74 million by the year 2060. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world. If you use our chart images on your site or blog, we ask that you provide attribution via a link back to this page. Thai, Vietnamese, and Taiwanese long-term residents totaled 47,956, and those from other Asian countries totaled 34,274. )$176.61 billion (2019 est. Out-migration from rural prefectures continued in the late 1980s, but more slowly than in previous decades. )other: 19% (2018 est. The literacy rates of men and women are almost identical in industrialized countries.
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