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	Score	Rank
Standards Compliance Index	44.17 out of 100	43
Business Indicator Index	9.48 out of 12	32

Japan

Business Indicators

With an overall score of 9.48/12, Japan is at standard on the economic, legal, and political indicators that make up our Business Index. Japan is a market-based economy. Total government expenditures, including consumption and transfer payments, are high. Government spending increased to 38.2 percent of GDP in the most recent year for which data was available. This is in part due to the rising cost of social welfare as the aging population increases as well as efforts by the government to stimulate the domestic economy. The government is committed to increasing the amount of foreign investment in Japan and offers tax incentives to do so. However, some informal barriers to trade and a few restrictions to foreign investment exist. Property rights are protected, and contracts are highly respected. Corruption is of no concern, as reflected by Japan�s ranking of 18th out of 180 countries in Transparency International�s 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index.

Business Indicators

Forex Regulations - Capital Controls

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