Japan

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Japan
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Population (In Millions)	127.45
Human Development Index	12/169
Gross Domestic Product (In USD Billions - World Bank)	5,458.84
Global Peace Index	3/153
Happy Planet Index	75/143
Social Institutions and Gender Index	- /102
Environmental Performance Index	20/163
Child Mortality Rate	2.4
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Main Progress Initiatives

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Official Statistics

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Happiness in Japan

This is an overview of findings on Happiness in Japan.The available findings are presented in the latest ‘Nation Report’ on Japan [1]. This report is ordered by type of happiness questions and within these types by year. This ordering is to facilitate the assessment of progress, comparison over time being most fruitful using the same questions.
The report presents means and standard deviations, both on the original scale range and transformed to a common range 0-10. The means inform about the level of happiness in the country and the standard deviations about inequality of happiness.
Links provide more detail about the precise text of the question, the full distribution of responses and technical details of the survey. The report is continuously updated.

Progress Papers and Publications

• The Government's White Paper on National Life Style 2008 discussed first time officially about happiness in Japan (see section 3 in Chapter 1) [2]
• This paper by Takayoshi Kusago, entitled Rethinking of Economic Growth and Life Satisfaction in Post-WWII Japan - A Fresh Approach (2006) tests the quality of economic growth in Japan as to whether it has brought about well-being for its citizens.
• Rethinking of Economic Growth and Life Satisfaction in Post-WWII Japan--A Fresh Approach, 2006, Takayoshi Kusago, Osaka University, Japan.
• Developing an Environmental Accounting System (Year 2000 Report), 2000, Japanese Environment Agency, Stuying Group for Developing a System for Environmental Accounting, Japan.

Further reading

• Why no looting in Japan? (Aidwatch 15.03.2011) - Amidst the heartbreaking devastation in Japan, many have noticed how much social solidarity — and little stealing — there has been.