What works in Japan
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Japan
Japan has implemented several evidence-based policies and services to address social inclusion and support vulnerable populations. Japan's 2022 Child Care Leave Law Reform increased fathers' paternity leave uptake from 17.1% to 40.5% between FY2022 and FY2024. Yasashii Nihongo established a plain-language design standard now adopted across all 47 prefectural governments to improve accessibility for foreign residents. Japan Post's Mimamori provides home visits for isolated elderly people, with evidence showing mental-health gains (WHO-5 score increase from 14.2 to 15.3) among the most socially isolated subgroup. These practices demonstrate Japan's use of both policy reform and commercial or public-service innovation to address demographic challenges and inclusion gaps, though the evidence focuses on specific populations rather than comprehensive national outcomes.
Drawn from: Japan's 2022 Child Care Leave Law Reform — Postnatal Paternity Leave (産後パパ育休) · Yasashii Nihongo (Easy Japanese) — Turning Disaster-Response Research into a Nationwide Plain-Language Design Standard · Mirairo ID — Japan's Digital Disability Certificate That Became a Publicly Listed Accessibility Business · Japan Post's Mimamori — Postal-Worker Home Visits for Elderly Living Alone · Raku-Raku Phone/Smartphone — Fujitsu's User-Researched Handset Series for Older Adults · Everyone's Public Website Operational Guidelines — Japan's Mandatory Accessibility Testing & Disclosure Regime · MLIT's Inspection Support Technology Performance Catalog — Japan's National Certification System for AI Bridge-Damage Detection · Fukuoka City Startup Special Zone — Japan's First Global Startup Deregulation Zone
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +29 pts 56 here · 27 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +24 pts 71 here · 47 average
Evaluation evidence +22 pts 71 here · 49 average
Governance, capability & sustainability +19 pts 82 here · 64 average
Sustainability +18 pts 96 here · 78 average
Curator validation +16 pts 89 here · 73 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Scalability beyond pilot +12 pts 74 here · 62 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +12 pts 59 here · 48 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value +8 pts 65 here · 57 average
Weaknesses
Inclusiveness / equity -15 pts 28 here · 43 average
Efficiency -20 pts 11 here · 32 average
Impact on gender equality -25 pts 44 here · 70 average
Achievement / evidence -31 pts 56 here · 87 average
Effectiveness -55 pts 11 here · 66 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Japan. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Japan's 2022 Child Care Leave Law Reform — Postnatal Paternity Leave (産後パパ育休) · 96
Japan Post's Mimamori — Postal-Worker Home Visits for Elderly Living Alone · 92
Raku-Raku Phone/Smartphone — Fujitsu's User-Researched Handset Series for Older Adults · 92
Fukuoka City Startup Special Zone — Japan's First Global Startup Deregulation Zone · 86
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Japan concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more