Japan

Japan is ranked 22nd overall on the Index. Its strongest score is for HR management (ranked 4th).

Summary chart of Japan's scores in the 2019 InCiSE index. GBR NZL CAN FIN AUS DNK NOR NLD SWE KOR USA EST CHE IRL AUT FRA ESP BEL DEU LTU MEX CHL LVA ITA SVN ISR POL ISL CZE PRT TUR SVK HRV BGR ROU GRC HUN JPN InCiSE 0.45 0.52 Capabilities Crisis and risk management Digital services Fiscal and financial management HR management Inclusiveness Integrity Openness Policy making Procurement Regulation Tax administration

Within the HR management indicator Japan achieves the top score out of the top 5 ranked countries for the extent to which performance assessments are used in HR decision making. It also achieves the maximum score for the use of performance related pay. Japan’s scores for all metrics assessing the extent to which recruitment systems are meritocratic are high, most notably for its use of formal examination systems.

Japan achieves above average scores for the openness and integrity attributes. Its capabilities result is a mixed picture but there are some very positive metric scores, for example those relating to numeracy, literacy and writing skills. There may also be a link between these and some HR management scores which may merit further analysis.

The main indicators where Japan’s performance is relatively less strong are (in addition to capabilities) inclusiveness and fiscal and financial management where scores are below average.

Cross-referencing note

This content was presented as section 4.21 in the original 2019 publication.