🇯🇵 Japan Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇯🇵 Japan JP / JPN #61

Nomad Score 64.0

Cities 39

Region G7, G20, Sinosphere, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Nomad Visa Countries, Islands, Asia, Asia, Eastern Asia

Currency JPY

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 71/100

Press Freedom (2025) 63.1/100 #66

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.819

HDI 0.925

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 82th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 92th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 90th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 97th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 92th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 85th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 0.2/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 3.6/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.4% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Title	Name
Emperor of Japan	Naruhito
Prime Minister of Japan	Sanae Takaichi

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 71 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 63.1 / 100

Global Rank #66 / 180

Rank Change +4 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #59 55.2

Economic #45 53.5

Legal #69 67.2

Social #112 54.4

Safety #68 85.4

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.819

Liberal 0.734

Participatory 0.526

Deliberative 0.729

Egalitarian 0.758

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	63.1	66	55.2	53.5	67.2	54.4	85.4
2024	62.1	70	53.1	55.8	64.4	54.4	83.0
2023	64.0	68	55.8	56.3	66.4	59.3	82.0
2022	64.4	71	54.7	53.7	66.2	67.1	80.2
2021	71.1	67	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	71.1	66	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	70.6	67	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	71.4	67	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	70.6	72	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	71.3	72	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	73.1	61	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	74.0	59	-	-	-	-	-
2013	74.8	53	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-1.0	22	-	-	-	-	-
2010	2.5	12	-	-	-	-	-
2009	3.3	17	-	-	-	-	-
2008	6.5	29	-	-	-	-	-
2007	11.8	37	-	-	-	-	-
2006	12.5	51	-	-	-	-	-
2005	8.0	37	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index