Trott Bailey Family Abundance · Country Profile
Japan 🇯🇵
Japan currently ranks #95 of 241 on the TBF Abundance Scorecard, scoring -60.65. This country is money-gated, strongest in Healthcare and weakest in External Footprint across 16 evidence categories.
Country profile & diagnostic reading
Tracking baselineEvidence through 9 Oct 2026How the headline score is calculated
Evidence before Gate = Σ (published category score × category weight × research coverage) ÷ Σ (category weight × research coverage). The five-part Money Gate sets a proportional ceiling, with Friction already in the category evidence score.
Current evidence: +39.9 · Money Gate: 2.50/20 · Cash-register lock: +87.5 · Graded pressure: +87.5 · Headline: -60.7.
The fully detailed gate formula is explained in the Money Gate method; no international score can independently clear it.
TBF Rank TBF Rank Rank compares only published profiles. It follows the TBF Abundance Score, not GDP size, and can move when a country score changes or when another country enters the published table. Read Small Island Abundance Theory
Global standing based on life reachability
JapanLast recorded move: up from #96 to #95.Recent recorded movements
- #96 → #9514 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500
- #97 → #9614 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500
- #98 → #9714 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500
- #99 → #9814 Oct 2026 · 17:33 GMT-0500
Rank journey · newest first
Dated changes with readable spacing · diagonal lines show rank movement · horizontal lines show held positions · scroll left for earlier dates.
National Abundance Gate Money Gate Food, Housing / Land, Healthcare, Transportation and Water / Energy are four points each. All five must reach 4/4 before the country can cross zero. Money may still exist as an exchange tool; it cannot remain the permission slip for these five basics. Read Money Is a Weak Civilization Engine
Graded status · five basics not fully cleared
Research Coverage Research coverage Coverage reports the weighted share of categories with documented scoring and supporting source records. 100% means all category scoring slots have been assessed; it does not guarantee that every claim has been independently measured or that every family has no-payment access. Read the source and evidence limitations for each point. Explore Trott Bailey Kingdom Systems
Coverage calculation
Sum of each published category weight × its documented scoring coverage ÷ 100. The percentage measures completed scoring slots, not independent verification of every claim. For the current country:
9.0 × 100.0% + 8.0 × 100.0% + 9.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 7.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 4.0 × 100.0% + 8.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 100.0% + 5.0 × 100.0% + 4.0 × 100.0% + 6.0 × 80.0% + 6.0 × 78.0% = 97.48% weighted coverage
Unreviewed international categories do not receive fabricated coverage or zero scores.
14 / 14 domestic categories scored; 2 / 2 international categories with documented research (scores require full audit)
GDP Rank GDP Rank GDP rank is context only. It can show how much money and production move through an economy, but it contributes zero points to the TBF Abundance Score. Read Make the World Truly Productive Again
Shown for context, not as the abundance ranking
Money Gate · Overall Gate 0.7.0
Five basics stand between this country and zero
All five basics must reach 4/4 before a country can cross zero. Open any gate reading to see exactly why its points were assigned and review the source record.
Reach-to-Money-Gate Clearance 2.0: These five gates measure effective no-payment access, not installed capacity alone. Under new source-backed reviews, 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 4 points track verified free access to 0%, some but less than 30%, 30%+, 50%+, 75%+ and 100% of the population respectively. The higher levels require reliable real use; 4/4 requires universally accessible, reliable service without ordinary charges or exclusions. Missing population figures remain pending. Older gate points remain archived until re-audited.
Food Food · 4 points Full credit means nutritious food is ordinary civilization provision without a checkout or poverty test. School meals and other narrow institutional routes can earn limited partial credit without being mistaken for free food abundance. Read A Civilization Laid Out in Orchards
Why 0.5 / 4?
Since April 2026 the government supports public primary school ingredient costs; municipalities can still levy amounts above the standard and this is not household food supply.
Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.
Point calculation
0.50 ÷ 4 × 100 = 12.50% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.
Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.
Housing / Land Housing / Land · 4 points Full credit means families can secure a home or suitable productive ground without rent, purchase price or mortgage debt deciding whether they may remain sheltered and grounded. Read the Distributed Founding Nuclei Strategy
Why 0.3 / 4?
The Public Housing Act uses income-linked rent, not broadly unconditional free housing.
Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.
Point calculation
0.25 ÷ 4 × 100 = 6.25% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.
Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.
Healthcare Healthcare · 4 points Full credit requires dependable no-payment care across prevention, primary care, maternity, dentistry, medicine, emergency treatment and necessary specialist care. Read Money Zombie Outbreaks
Why 1.5 / 4?
Universal health insurance coverage is substantive but routine patient co-payments and premiums remain; it is not completely no-pay healthcare.
Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.
Point calculation
1.50 ÷ 4 × 100 = 37.50% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.
Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.
Transportation Transportation · 4 points Full credit means ordinary movement is free across the routes people actually need. A free Sunday, one route or a temporary promotion earns only limited credit. Read The Caterport: Free Human Movement
Why 0.0 / 4?
Tokyo metropolitan rail publishes ordinary paid fares; no national general zero-fare transport entitlement established.
Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.
Point calculation
0.00 ÷ 4 × 100 = 0.00% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.
Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.
Water / Energy Water / Energy · 4 points Full credit requires both safe water and essential household energy to stay available without payment deciding whether cooking, cooling, washing, pumping or food preservation stops. Read Nucleus Formation Stewards
Why 0.3 / 4?
Tokyo briefly waived only water basic fees during summer 2026; usage and sewer bills remained and free supply was not national.
Earlier-method Money Gate finding. A measured, source-linked free-access population share is still required to score this gate using Reach-to-Clearance 2.0; this historical reading has not been silently changed.
Point calculation
0.25 ÷ 4 × 100 = 6.25% of this Money Gate rail. Five rails together can earn 20/20.
Points are assigned from the verified no-payment access rubric and actual national reach, not from the percentage alone.
- Food0.5 / 4
- Housing / Land0.3 / 4
- Healthcare1.5 / 4
- Transportation0.0 / 4
- Water / Energy0.3 / 4
- Money still needed17.5 / 20
Grey means points not yet earned toward fully money-free basic life—not a cash price or currency sum.
Why 2.5 / 20?
The Money Gate total is the sum of the five direct 0–4 readings. Every basic need remains visible separately so one strong area cannot hide another weak one.
Actual calculation
Food 0.50 + Housing / Land 0.25 + Healthcare 1.50 + Transportation 0.00 + Water / Energy 0.25 = 2.50 / 20
A country remains money-gated until the total reaches 20 / 20.
Why 87.5 / 100?
The five direct Money Gate readings total 0–20. Every point removes five of the 100 payment-lock units; a 7/20 reading produces a 65/100 lock.
Actual calculation
100 - (2.50 × 5) = 87.50
Why 69.2 / 100?
Friction is visible as its own 0–100 contextual reading from domestic category rails. Its effect is already in the evidence score and is not applied to the ceiling again.
Actual calculation
(100 - -38.35) ÷ 2 = 69.18 / 100
The weighted Friction rail comes from the published domestic category rails.
Why -43.8?
Each Money Gate point raises the negative ceiling by 2.5 points: 0/20 → −50, 7/20 → −32.5, 10/20 → −25, 19.5/20 → −1.25. At 20/20 the gate is removed, so the evidence score becomes the headline directly.
Actual calculation
87.50 = 87.50 (Friction already counted in category scores)
-50 + 2.5 × 2.50 = -43.8
16-category profile
All categories at a glance
All sixteen categories use the −100 to +100 evidence scale once verified. International Welcome and External Footprint remain pending until their rail scores are properly researched. Select a category for sourced findings and transparent calculations.
Category readings & evidence
Open any category for the full diagnostic reading
9% weight
Human Time & Burden Return
What this category measures
Whether productivity, infrastructure and institutions return usable lifetime to people and families.
TBFC targetNecessary contribution should not require people to sell most of their waking life merely to retain access to food, shelter, care and ordinary family life. Access-gate research questionHow much paid work or income-producing activity is required before an ordinary household can keep access to basic life, and what usable family time remains afterward? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Family Shubaka: protecting human and family time
+34.8↓
Score breakdown
Human Time & Burden Return
Exact point calculation
75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
OECD reports Japan at 1,788 hours in 2024 versus an OECD average of 1,736. This is an annual national comparison, not a measure of unpaid household work.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
55.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 19.25 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
OECD reports Japan at 1,788 hours in 2024 versus an OECD average of 1,736. This is an annual national comparison, not a measure of unpaid household work.
Japanese labour ministry publishes a 2025 Karoshi prevention white paper. Occupational overwork risk merits assessment beyond annual average paid hours, but population prevalence of coercive drinking cannot be presumed from a white paper alone.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
-40.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -10.00 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Japanese labour ministry publishes a 2025 Karoshi prevention white paper. Occupational overwork risk merits assessment beyond annual average paid hours, but population prevalence of coercive drinking cannot be presumed from a white paper alone.
Exact point calculation
45.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 6.75 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Annual paid-leave acquisition rate: 66.90 percent
Show the full category score calculation
Weighted rails: 18.75 + 19.25 + -10.00 + 6.75 = 34.75
Base: 34.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +34.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 34.75 × (9.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 3.21 points
This category carries 9% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 9.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.2 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +20.0
What the evidence found
OECD reports Japan at 1,788 hours in 2024 versus an OECD average of 1,736. This is an annual national comparison, not a measure of unpaid household work.
2026-10-10 OECDJapanese labour ministry publishes a 2025 Karoshi prevention white paper. Occupational overwork risk merits assessment beyond annual average paid hours, but population prevalence of coercive drinking cannot be presumed from a white paper alone.
2025-12-31 Japan Ministry of Health Labour and WelfarePublished indicators
8% weight
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
What this category measures
Whether adequate shelter physically exists and actually reaches people without excessive cost, exclusion or vacancy mismatch.
TBFC targetAdequate family shelter should remain reachable without lifetime dependence on rent, mortgage debt or ability to pay. Access-gate research questionWhat share of ordinary shelter access depends on rent, mortgage debt, purchase price or other recurring payment, and what dependable non-market routes exist at national scale? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: The Mother-Sight compound home
+27.5↓
Score breakdown
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
Exact point calculation
85.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 21.25 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Final national housing-stock total from the five-year Housing and Land Survey.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
Linked direct Money Gate: Housing / Land 0.25/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
45.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 15.75 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
People identified in official visual homelessness count: 2,481.00 people
Exact point calculation
-50.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -12.50 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Vacant dwellings: 9,002.00 thousand dwellings
Vacant dwellings as share of stock: 13.80 percent
Exact point calculation
20.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 3.00 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Final national housing-stock total from the five-year Housing and Land Survey.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Show the full category score calculation
Weighted rails: 21.25 + 15.75 + -12.50 + 3.00 = 27.50
Base: 27.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +27.5 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 27.50 × (8.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 2.26 points
This category carries 8% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 8.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.3 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +40.0
What the evidence found
Final national housing-stock total from the five-year Housing and Land Survey.
2026-10-10 Statistics Bureau of JapanPublished indicators
Statistics Bureau of Japan · 2023
SourceStatistics Bureau of Japan · 2023
SourceStatistics Bureau of Japan · 2023
SourceMinistry of Health, Labour and Welfare · 2026
Source
9% weight
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
What this category measures
Physical food and nutrient capacity, nourishment reach, waste/loss, public edible landscapes and free food access.
TBFC targetNutritious food should exist in multiplying abundance and remain reachable even when a household has no money to spend. Access-gate research questionCan people obtain adequate nutritious food when they cannot pay, and are free/public/productive-food routes large enough to be ordinary rather than exceptional? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: The Complete Reordering of Earth’s Food System
+32.8↓
Score breakdown
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
Exact point calculation
75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Average for two-or-more-person households. It is an expenditure-burden signal, not a direct national measure of food deprivation.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
Linked direct Money Gate: Food 0.50/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
55.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 19.25 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Average for two-or-more-person households. It is an expenditure-burden signal, not a direct national measure of food deprivation.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
-45.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -11.25 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Food share of consumption expenditure, two-or-more-person households: 28.30 percent
Estimated food loss: 4.64 million tonnes/year
Exact point calculation
40.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 6.00 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Average for two-or-more-person households. It is an expenditure-burden signal, not a direct national measure of food deprivation.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Show the full category score calculation
Weighted rails: 18.75 + 19.25 + -11.25 + 6.00 = 32.75
Base: 32.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +32.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 32.75 × (9.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 3.02 points
This category carries 9% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 9.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.0 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +20.0
What the evidence found
Average for two-or-more-person households. It is an expenditure-burden signal, not a direct national measure of food deprivation.
2026-10-10 Statistics Bureau of JapanPublished indicators
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries · 2025
SourceMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries · 2025
SourceStatistics Bureau of Japan · 2024
SourceMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries · 2023
Source
6% weight
Water & Sanitation Abundance
What this category measures
Safe water, sanitation, reliability, capture, reuse, storage and living-landscape water capacity.
TBFC targetSafe water and sanitation should be dependable life infrastructure, not conditional on household purchasing power. Access-gate research questionCan households retain safe water and sanitation when income falls, and which payment, disconnection or infrastructure barriers interrupt access? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Water Your Orchards With Life
+63.2↓
Score breakdown
Water & Sanitation Abundance
Exact point calculation
95.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 23.75 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
OECD states that nearly 99% of the population has access to safe water; 99 is retained as an approximate published value, not false precision.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
Linked direct Money Gate: Water / Energy 0.25/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.
Water and energy share one combined four-point gate; the direct audit must show which part reaches families without payment.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
94.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 32.90 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Population with access to safe water: 99.00 percent
Wastewater-treatment population coverage: 94.00 percent
Wastewater-treatment coverage in municipalities below 50,000 population: 85.10 percent
Exact point calculation
-10.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -2.50 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Population without access to wastewater-treatment facilities: 7.40 million people
Exact point calculation
60.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.00 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
OECD states that nearly 99% of the population has access to safe water; 99 is retained as an approximate published value, not false precision.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Show the full category score calculation
Weighted rails: 23.75 + 32.90 + -2.50 + 9.00 = 63.15
Base: 63.15 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +63.2 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 63.15 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 3.89 points
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.9 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +1.0
What the evidence found
OECD states that nearly 99% of the population has access to safe water; 99 is retained as an approximate published value, not false precision.
2026-10-10 OECDPublished indicators
OECD · 2023
SourceMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism · 2025
SourceMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism · 2025
SourceMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism · 2025
Source
5% weight
Energy & Household Capability
What this category measures
Whether usable, reliable energy reaches households and removes burdens across water, food, health, cooling, cooking and movement.
TBFC targetEssential household energy should support cooking, cooling, water, food preservation and care without money becoming the switch that turns basic capability on or off. Access-gate research questionCan households retain essential energy for cooking, cooling, water and food preservation when they cannot pay, and how often does price or disconnection reduce capability? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Trott Bailey Solar Moon Panel
+40.0↓
Score breakdown
Energy & Household Capability
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
IEA-basis self-sufficiency rate; METI notes it remains low despite improving from post-2011 lows.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
Linked direct Money Gate: Water / Energy 0.25/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.
Water and energy share one combined four-point gate; the direct audit must show which part reaches families without payment.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
90.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 31.50 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
IEA-basis self-sufficiency rate; METI notes it remains low despite improving from post-2011 lows.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
-70.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -17.50 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Energy self-sufficiency rate: 15.30 percent
Thermal share of electricity generation: 68.60 percent
Energy-related CO2 emissions: 0.92 gigatonnes CO2
Exact point calculation
40.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 6.00 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Renewable share of electricity generation: 22.90 percent
Show the full category score calculation
Weighted rails: 20.00 + 31.50 + -17.50 + 6.00 = 40.00
Base: 40.00 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +40.0 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 40.00 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 2.05 points
This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: -10.0
What the evidence found
IEA-basis self-sufficiency rate; METI notes it remains low despite improving from post-2011 lows.
2026-10-10 Ministry of Economy, Trade and IndustryPublished indicators
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry · 2023
SourceMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry · 2023
SourceMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry · 2023
SourceMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry · 2023
Source
7% weight
Health & Care Reach
What this category measures
Whether prevention, primary care, medicine, maternity care, dentistry and specialist capability reach people when needed.
TBFC targetPrevention, maternity, dentistry, medicine and necessary treatment should be reachable because care is needed, not because payment can be produced. Access-gate research questionCan necessary care be obtained because it is needed, or do price, insurance, employment, debt or other financial tests materially delay or prevent access? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: No Shrugging Our Shoulders at Family Suffering
+66.5↓
Score breakdown
Health & Care Reach
Exact point calculation
95.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 23.75 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
OECD reports all of the population covered for a core set of services.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
Linked direct Money Gate: Healthcare 1.50/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
95.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 33.25 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Exact point calculation
-10.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -2.50 weighted points
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Why this score
Health spending covered by mandatory prepayment: 85.00 percent
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 12.00 weighted points
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Why this score
Life expectancy: 84.10 years
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Weighted rails: 23.75 + 33.25 + -2.50 + 12.00 = 66.50
Base: 66.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +66.5 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 66.50 × (7.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 4.78 points
This category carries 7% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 7.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +4.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: 0.0
What the evidence found
OECD reports all of the population covered for a core set of services.
2026-10-10 OECDPublished indicators
6% weight
Education & Human Capability
What this category measures
Foundational learning plus practical, technical and enduring civilization capability retained by people.
TBFC targetFoundational learning and useful capability should be reachable as part of civilization life rather than purchased according to family income. Access-gate research questionWhich essential learning and capability routes are genuinely reachable regardless of family income, and where do fees, debt or paid enrichment create decisive access gaps? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: What Is NoDumbDumbs?
+59.0↓
Score breakdown
Education & Human Capability
Exact point calculation
95.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 23.75 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
National PISA sample of 15-year-old students; Level 2 is the OECD baseline proficiency threshold.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
90.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 31.50 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
National PISA sample of 15-year-old students; Level 2 is the OECD baseline proficiency threshold.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
-30.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -7.50 weighted points
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Why this score
Elementary and junior-high students classified as nonattending: 353,970.00 students
Exact point calculation
75.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 11.25 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
National PISA sample of 15-year-old students; Level 2 is the OECD baseline proficiency threshold.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
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Weighted rails: 23.75 + 31.50 + -7.50 + 11.25 = 59.00
Base: 59.00 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +59.0 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 59.00 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 3.63 points
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.6 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +5.0
What the evidence found
National PISA sample of 15-year-old students; Level 2 is the OECD baseline proficiency threshold.
2026-10-10 OECDPublished indicators
OECD · 2022
SourceOECD · 2022
SourceOECD · 2022
SourceMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology · 2024
Source
4% weight
Mobility & Reachability
What this category measures
Local, regional and national movement that connects people to family, services, work, learning and public life without consuming excessive time.
TBFC targetOrdinary local and regional movement should be available for family, care, learning and civic life without travel becoming a paywall. Access-gate research questionCan ordinary people reach family, care, learning and public life without high recurring fares, vehicle costs, debt or fuel dependence? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: The Caterport: Free Human Movement
+62.3↓
Score breakdown
Mobility & Reachability
Exact point calculation
95.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 23.75 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
A one-month national transport-capacity snapshot, not an annual total. Passenger-kilometres were 37.492 billion in the same month.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
Linked direct Money Gate: Transportation 0.00/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.
- -100No functioning ordinary transport service established
- -75Some transportation exists but practical access is severely limited
- -50Basic usable transportation infrastructure exists
- -25A functioning national or broadly connected public transport network exists
- 0More than 50% of residents are effectively served
- +25More than 75% effectively served OR more than 30% receive dependable free travel
- +50More than 75% effectively served AND more than 30% receive dependable free travel
- +75More than 90% effectively served, at least 75% travel free, and service is reliable
- +100Ordinary essential travel is universally accessible, reliable and free of payment
Exact point calculation
90.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 31.50 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
A one-month national transport-capacity snapshot, not an annual total. Passenger-kilometres were 37.492 billion in the same month.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
-20.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -5.00 weighted points
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Why this score
Road traffic deaths: 2,547.00 people
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 12.00 weighted points
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Why this score
A one-month national transport-capacity snapshot, not an annual total. Passenger-kilometres were 37.492 billion in the same month.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
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Weighted rails: 23.75 + 31.50 + -5.00 + 12.00 = 62.25
Base: 62.25 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +62.3 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 62.25 × (4.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 2.55 points
This category carries 4% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.6 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +5.0
What the evidence found
A one-month national transport-capacity snapshot, not an annual total. Passenger-kilometres were 37.492 billion in the same month.
2026-10-10 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismPublished indicators
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism · 2026
SourceMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism · 2026
SourceNational Police Agency · 2025
Source
8% weight
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
What this category measures
Conditions that let people form stable families, raise children, multiply generations, share parental time and continue family life without punishing material barriers. New and re-reviewed profiles include total fertility as an explicit outcome signal.
TBFC targetPeople should be able to form, continue and multiply family life. Trott Bailey Family Civilization uses 5.0 children per woman as the fertility target; 2.1 is the replacement floor, not the aspiration, while housing, care, food and time should not be withheld behind financial thresholds. Access-gate research questionHow strongly do housing, childcare, health, food and work-income requirements delay or destabilize family formation and continuity, and is total fertility moving above replacement toward the 5.0-children-per-woman civilization target? Fertility methodNew and re-reviewed Family Formation scores blend 60% lived family conditions with 40% fertility performance. Five children per woman is the 100/100 fertility target. The 2.1 replacement floor earns +25/100 fertility performance; below replacement declines proportionally, while rates above 2.1 rise progressively toward +100 at 5.0. Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Courtship, Marriage & Married Life
+22.0↓
Score breakdown
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Final 2025 birth count; lowest since the comparable series began. The final release notes that fertility rates will be recalculated when 2025 Census denominators are available.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
75.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 26.25 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Final 2025 birth count; lowest since the comparable series began. The final release notes that fertility rates will be recalculated when 2025 Census denominators are available.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
-55.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -13.75 weighted points
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Why this score
Children on childcare waiting lists: 2,254.00 children
Exact point calculation
-70.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = -10.50 weighted points
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Why this score
Births: 671,236.00 births
Total fertility rate: 1.14 children per woman
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Weighted rails: 20.00 + 26.25 + -13.75 + -10.50 = 22.00
Base: 22.00 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +22.0 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 22.00 × (8.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 1.81 points
This category carries 8% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 8.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Family Formation — two-part calculation and marriage-law criterion
First half — the established family and fertility assessment
The original family score remains available. It combines 60% conditions for family life with 40% observed total fertility performance. Its source research is preserved.
Pre-policy score: +22.0
Second half — binary marriage-law policy criterion
This is a Trott Bailey Family policy preference, not an estimate of births lost. Recognition: −50 points. Reviewed non-recognition: 0 deduction. An unreviewed status stays pending and causes no deduction.
Country legal status: Not recognized in reviewed legal-status evidence
Deduction calculation: 50 × 0 = 0 points
Final category calculation: +22.0 − 0 = +22.0 (clamped to −100..+100, before any independent material-transfer deductions)
Japan: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. Some municipalities offer partnership certificates, but that is not a nationwide civil marriage; current court challenges and recognition debates must be checked at re-audit. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Legal-status source: Pew Research Center · 2026-10-09 (access date) · Reviewed: 2026-10-09
Fertility and family policy: research and source notes
Trott Bailey Family target and observed fertility The 5.0-children-per-woman target is an authored civilization benchmark; approximately 2.1 children per woman is the usual long-run replacement benchmark. The existing Family Formation method blends 60% lived family conditions and 40% measured fertility performance.
How policy is evaluated Assess housing, care, parental time, material security, access to family formation, and actual demographic outcomes. A government statement or law is not proof that national births increased or declined. Establish its effects with dated comparative evidence before assigning points.
How the two kinds of evidence differ The binary legal-status deduction is an authored TBF policy assessment, not a statistic of observed births. Carroll and Schumm argue that marriage-law changes can weaken procreative norms, while other empirical studies find no negative effect on different-sex family formation. This disagreement is disclosed rather than presented as scientific consensus.
Independent research OECD fertility trends (2024) · UN population projections (2024) · Peer-reviewed family-formation study (2015) · Carroll & Schumm — The Fall of Fertility (2016/2017) · Public Discourse (2015).
Trott Bailey Family thinking Courtship, Marriage & Married Life · Official Core World View · No Shrugging at Family Suffering.
Abundance Gap: +5.0
What the evidence found
Final 2025 birth count; lowest since the comparable series began. The final release notes that fertility rates will be recalculated when 2025 Census denominators are available.
2026-10-10 Ministry of Health, Labour and WelfarePublished indicators
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare · 2025
SourceMinistry of Health, Labour and Welfare · 2025
SourceChildren and Families Agency · 2025
SourceChildren and Families Agency · 2025
Source
5% weight
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
What this category measures
Whether land and settlement choice reach ordinary people rather than opportunity being functionally trapped inside expensive commercial centres.
TBFC targetSuitable productive land and settlement opportunity should not be functionally reserved for those able to outbid everyone else. Access-gate research questionCan ordinary families gain secure use of suitable productive ground without first accumulating enough money to purchase, finance or outbid others? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Compounds Are Civilization Circulation Systems
+15.8↓
Score breakdown
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
Exact point calculation
65.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 16.25 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
National paddy and upland cultivated area; down 33,000 hectares (0.8%) from the previous year.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
Linked direct Money Gate: Housing / Land 0.25/4 with gate-specific source link. Physical reach can exist with paid access. Free-access Reach tiers must agree with this gate’s independently sourced no-payment population assessment. 4/4 is now reserved for reliable, accessible, universally free access. Neither score is copied blindly from the other.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
30.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 10.50 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Average operated farmland per agricultural management entity: 3.60 hectares
Exact point calculation
-65.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -16.25 weighted points
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Why this score
Ordinary farmland sale/lease generally requires public-law approval: Agricultural committee permission or an approved farmland-intermediary plan is generally required; an unauthorized Farm Act Article 3 transfer is invalid.
Exact point calculation
35.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 5.25 weighted points
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Why this score
National paddy and upland cultivated area; down 33,000 hectares (0.8%) from the previous year.
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Weighted rails: 16.25 + 10.50 + -16.25 + 5.25 = 15.75
Base: 15.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +15.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 15.75 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 0.81 points
This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +0.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +35.0
What the evidence found
National paddy and upland cultivated area; down 33,000 hectares (0.8%) from the previous year.
2026-10-10 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesPublished indicators
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries · 2025
SourceMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries · 2025
SourceMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries · 2026
Source
6% weight
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
What this category measures
Peace of mind, social support, everyday safety, public beauty, recreation, nature, culture and delight reachable without constant payment.
TBFC targetBeauty, nature, recreation, rest and public delight should belong to ordinary life rather than appearing mainly after payment. Access-gate research questionHow much everyday rest, nature, recreation, culture and public beauty is freely reachable, rather than principally accessed through paid venues, travel or private property? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Trott Bailey Kingdom Systems
+46.0↓
Score breakdown
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Provisional count. MHLW said that if finalized at this level it would be the first year below 20,000 and the lowest since 1978.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
70.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 24.50 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Average life satisfaction: 6.10 0-10 scale
People who feel safe walking alone at night: 77.00 percent
Exact point calculation
-30.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -7.50 weighted points
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Why this score
Suicides, provisional annual count: 19,097.00 people
Exact point calculation
60.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.00 weighted points
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Why this score
National parks: 35.00 parks
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Weighted rails: 20.00 + 24.50 + -7.50 + 9.00 = 46.00
Base: 46.00 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +46.0 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 46.00 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 2.83 points
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.8 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +10.0
What the evidence found
Provisional count. MHLW said that if finalized at this level it would be the first year below 20,000 and the lowest since 1978.
2026-10-10 Ministry of Health, Labour and WelfarePublished indicators
OECD Better Life Index
SourceOECD Better Life Index
SourceMinistry of the Environment · 2025
SourceMinistry of Health, Labour and Welfare · 2025
Source
6% weight
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
What this category measures
Whether soil, forests, wetlands, habitat, pollinators, species and water-holding landscapes are strengthening rather than being consumed.
TBFC targetRegenerating soil, water, habitat and food-bearing landscapes should be maintained as shared life-supporting capacity rather than only where a transaction makes them profitable. Access-gate research questionAre regenerative land, water and habitat functions maintained as life-supporting infrastructure even when no direct commercial return is available? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Water Your Orchards With Life
+33.5↓
Score breakdown
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
Exact point calculation
75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Qualitative national review retained as a limitation on interpreting protected-area and forest-cover quantities as complete ecological health.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
60.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 21.00 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Forest and wildland share of total land area: 66.30 percent
Protected areas plus OECMs — terrestrial and inland water: 21.00 percent
Protected areas plus OECMs — marine and coastal: 13.30 percent
Exact point calculation
-55.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -13.75 weighted points
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Why this score
OECD ecosystem condition finding: Agricultural and marine ecosystems remain under pressure despite stabilization in forest, freshwater and urban ecosystem degradation.
Exact point calculation
50.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 7.50 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Qualitative national review retained as a limitation on interpreting protected-area and forest-cover quantities as complete ecological health.
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Weighted rails: 18.75 + 21.00 + -13.75 + 7.50 = 33.50
Base: 33.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +33.5 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 33.50 × (6.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 2.06 points
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 6.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +15.0
What the evidence found
Qualitative national review retained as a limitation on interpreting protected-area and forest-cover quantities as complete ecological health.
2026-10-10 OECDPublished indicators
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries · 2025
SourceMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries · 2025
SourceMinistry of the Environment · 2026
SourceMinistry of the Environment · 2026
SourceOECD · 2025
Source
5% weight
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
What this category measures
Physical safety, usable justice, legal identity, reliable public administration and low needless institutional burden.
TBFC targetUsable justice, legal identity, safety and ordinary administration should remain accessible regardless of wealth. Access-gate research questionDo fees, legal costs, bail, fines, documentation costs or ability to hire expertise materially change access to justice, safety or public administration? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Pacorips Constitutional Foundations
+61.5↓
Score breakdown
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
Exact point calculation
90.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 22.50 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
External comparative index; used as one institutional-capacity signal, not treated as official Japanese government data.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
90.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 31.50 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Correctional institution occupancy rate: 49.90 percent
Exact point calculation
-15.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -3.75 weighted points
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Why this score
Homicide rate: 0.20 per 100,000
Exact point calculation
75.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 11.25 weighted points
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Why this score
External comparative index; used as one institutional-capacity signal, not treated as official Japanese government data.
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Weighted rails: 22.50 + 31.50 + -3.75 + 11.25 = 61.50
Base: 61.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +61.5 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 61.50 × (5.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 3.15 points
This category carries 5% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 5.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +3.2 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: 0.0
What the evidence found
External comparative index; used as one institutional-capacity signal, not treated as official Japanese government data.
2026-10-10 World Justice ProjectPublished indicators
4% weight
Durability, Repair & Material Return
What this category measures
Whether useful materials, infrastructure and goods are maintained, repairable, recovered and cycled instead of repeatedly becoming waste.
TBFC targetRepair, maintenance and useful material circulation should protect capability instead of forcing repeated repurchase as the default route to continued use. Access-gate research questionDo repair and maintenance remain practically accessible, or do pricing, proprietary restrictions and replacement incentives turn continued use into repeated purchasing? Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Repair Is Sovereignty
+51.5↓
Score breakdown
Durability, Repair & Material Return
Exact point calculation
85.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 21.25 weighted points
Capacity rate, when evidenced = usable functioning capacity ÷ capacity needed × 100. A derived score requires separate documented judgement; do not assume the rate itself equals the score.
Why this score
Excludes disaster-waste disposal subsidized by the national government under the series methodology.
Reach · 25-point ladder & linked Money Gate
This score uses an earlier continuous Reach assessment. It remains in the published historical record until this country receives a sourced Reach-ladder re-audit. It has not been rounded or silently re-ranked.
Domestic Reach has eight 25-point intervals and nine anchors: −100, −75, −50, −25, 0, +25, +50, +75, +100. Existing readings stay unchanged until re-reviewed.
The transportation thresholds are defined first. This category follows the same 25-point scale, but needs its own domain-specific coverage and free-access evidence before a revised Reach value is published.
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = 28.00 weighted points
Reach rate, when evidenced = people effectively served ÷ eligible people × 100. Check the same population, period and location.
Why this score
Excludes disaster-waste disposal subsidized by the national government under the series methodology.
This reviewed profile predates rail-by-rail provenance. The verified category evidence used for the judgement is shown here without pretending that one source was archived exclusively for this rail.
Exact point calculation
-30.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -7.50 weighted points
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Why this score
Municipal solid waste generated: 38.11 million tonnes/year
Municipal waste generated per person per day: 839.00 grams/person/day
Municipal waste sent to landfill: 3.06 million tonnes/year
Exact point calculation
65.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 9.75 weighted points
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Why this score
Municipal waste recycling rate: 19.30 percent
Waste incineration plants with power generation: 415.00 plants
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Weighted rails: 21.25 + 28.00 + -7.50 + 9.75 = 51.50
Base: 51.50 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +51.5 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 51.50 × (4.00 × 100.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 2.11 points
This category carries 4% of the scorecard. With 100% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.00%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +2.1 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
Abundance Gap: +5.0
What the evidence found
Excludes disaster-waste disposal subsidized by the national government under the series methodology.
2026-10-10 Ministry of the EnvironmentPublished indicators
Ministry of the Environment · 2024
SourceMinistry of the Environment · 2024
SourceMinistry of the Environment · 2024
SourceMinistry of the Environment · 2024
SourceMinistry of the Environment · 2025
Source
6% weight
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
What this category measures
How easily visitors, migrants, refugees and neighbouring families can enter, remain, regularize status, prevent statelessness, build family continuity and participate in ordinary civic and economic life.
TBFC targetA country should have a humane vision for visitors, migrants, refugees and neighbouring families: practical entry, legal identity, family continuity, protection from statelessness, a route into ordinary life and a real place to contribute and grow with the society. Access-gate research questionWho can enter and stay, how wide is visa-free/eVisa/eTA reach, can newcomers regularize status and work, are refugees and children protected from statelessness, can families remain together, and does the country have a practical long-term vision for newcomers to join ordinary life and contribute? International scoring method
Welcome research checks practical entry breadth, visa-free/eVisa/eTA reach, lawful passport or citizenship pathways available to foreigners, birthright citizenship and statelessness prevention, parent/child family-status continuity, refugee recognition, migrant regularization, work/school/health access, family reunion and a credible national vision for newcomers to settle, contribute and grow with society.
A verified eVisa program open to more than 100 nationalities is recorded as a positive factual Welcome finding (the historical +5 scoring rule is retired). Researchers must verify the eligible-nationality breadth, not merely the existence of an online visa form. A lawful international citizenship/passport route available to qualifying foreigners is recorded as a Welcome access finding. The score must distinguish a usable transparent route from an expensive, narrow or highly discretionary program. Broad birthright citizenship, conditional territorial citizenship and statelessness safeguards are recorded with their precise legal eligibility and practical results. A system that leaves children without effective nationality, identity or durable status is a serious negative. A practical route that lets parents secure residence or citizenship through a child born in the country is documented for family-continuity review; long limbo, family separation or rules that strand the child between statuses reduce the score.
Refugee and migrant welcome is judged by lived access as well as admission: recognition, non-refoulement, legal documents, work, education, health care, family continuity, regularization, permanence and citizenship pathways all matter. Forced removal, refoulement, arbitrary detention, family separation and especially deporting or transferring people to unrelated third countries without a genuine durable-protection connection are negative Welcome evidence. Welcome is stronger when the country has a coherent plan for land, housing, work, contribution, family life and civic integration so newcomers are absorbed as people who can help the country grow, rather than warehoused indefinitely in camps or temporary limbo.
Read the Trott Bailey Family work: Refugee Living Should Be Glamorous, Purposeful and Liberating
+27.8↓
International score breakdown
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
Exact point calculation
80.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 20.00 weighted points
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Why this score
Japan lists short-stay visa exemptions for 74 countries and regions subject to conditions.
Japan maintains visa exemptions for 74 countries and regions for short stays, with nationality-specific conditions and durations. This is meaningful entry capacity but is not treated as evidence that ordinary migration, family settlement or long-term belonging is equally open.
Exact point calculation
40.00 × (30.00 ÷ 100) = 12.00 weighted points
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Why this score
Over 4.1 million foreign residents at end-2025 demonstrate genuine residence pathways but not free movement.
Japan recorded 4,125,395 foreign residents at end-2025, up 9.5% and above four million for the first time. The same year recorded 42,430,930 foreign entrants. These figures show substantial international movement and residence but do not measure the lived ease of regularisation, family unity or long-term status.
Exact point calculation
-45.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = -11.25 weighted points
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Why this score
Refugee recognition in 2025 was far smaller than applications; complementary and humanitarian permits must be counted separately.
In 2025 Japan received 11,298 refugee-recognition applications. It recognized 187 people as refugees, 474 as complementary-protection beneficiaries and allowed 525 more to stay for humanitarian reasons, for 1,186 people allowed to remain through these protection/humanitarian routes.
Exact point calculation
35.00 × (20.00 ÷ 100) = 7.00 weighted points
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Why this score
Naturalisation permissions demonstrate a path to citizenship without proving universal accessible settlement.
The Ministry of Justice recorded 9,258 naturalisation permissions in 2025. Naturalisation is one route to membership and is retained alongside, rather than substituted for, permanent residence, protection and ordinary migration evidence.
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Weighted rails: 20.00 + 12.00 + -11.25 + 7.00 = 27.75
Base: 27.75 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +27.8 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 27.75 × (6.00 × 80.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 1.37 points
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 80% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.80%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +1.4 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
What the evidence found
Naturalisation permissions demonstrate a path to citizenship without proving universal accessible settlement.
2026-10-10 Ministry of Justice JapanRefugee recognition in 2025 was far smaller than applications; complementary and humanitarian permits must be counted separately.
2026-10-10 Immigration Services Agency JapanOver 4.1 million foreign residents at end-2025 demonstrate genuine residence pathways but not free movement.
2026-10-10 Immigration Services Agency JapanJapan lists short-stay visa exemptions for 74 countries and regions subject to conditions.
2026-10-10 MOFA JapanThe Ministry of Justice recorded 9,258 naturalisation permissions in 2025. Naturalisation is one route to membership and is retained alongside, rather than substituted for, permanent residence, protection and ordinary migration evidence.
Ministry of JusticeIn 2025 Japan received 11,298 refugee-recognition applications. It recognized 187 people as refugees, 474 as complementary-protection beneficiaries and allowed 525 more to stay for humanitarian reasons, for 1,186 people allowed to remain through these protection/humanitarian routes.
Immigration Services Agency of JapanJapan recorded 4,125,395 foreign residents at end-2025, up 9.5% and above four million for the first time. The same year recorded 42,430,930 foreign entrants. These figures show substantial international movement and residence but do not measure the lived ease of regularisation, family unity or long-term status.
Immigration Services Agency of JapanJapan maintains visa exemptions for 74 countries and regions for short stays, with nationality-specific conditions and durations. This is meaningful entry capacity but is not treated as evidence that ordinary migration, family settlement or long-term belonging is equally open.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of JapanPublished indicators
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan · 2025
SourceImmigration Services Agency of Japan · 2025
SourceImmigration Services Agency of Japan · 2025
SourceImmigration Services Agency of Japan · 2025
SourceImmigration Services Agency of Japan · 2025
SourceMinistry of Justice · 2025
Source
6% weight
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
What this category measures
Documented effects a country, its public institutions or materially supported programs have beyond its borders: beneficial contribution, medical and technical help, mutuality, external harm, extraction, accountability and repair.
TBFC targetA civilization should increase useful local capability beyond its borders through medicine, training, disaster help, technical cooperation, peace-building and other mutually useful contribution, while avoiding extraction, exported harm and displacement. Access-gate research questionDo the country’s actions abroad increase health, skill, safety, resilience and locally retained capability, or do they export extraction, coercion, environmental harm, displacement, debt or other burdens? International scoring method
Legacy method: External Footprint documents independently verified beneficial action beyond the border, including medical missions, public-health help, scholarships, training, technical cooperation, disaster relief, humanitarian logistics, peacekeeping and other programs that leave useful capability with the receiving society. It also documents extractive conduct, exported environmental or human harm, coercive external security practices, abusive displacement outsourcing and whether documented harm is repaired, with a separately scored 6% category once four evidence-backed rails have been reviewed. Verified waste exports and disguised low-utility dumping are penalized through the transboundary harm ledger, as are irresponsible import acceptance practices through Domestic Durability & Material Return.
International contribution is investigated relative to capacity and quality, not raw size alone; documented outward activity is distinguished from independent benefit and local mutuality.
Dumping and harmful material transfers
Waste or disguised low-utility exports reduce External Footprint. Real reuse must be distinguished from disguised disposal. The sender retains responsibility for harms shifted abroad. Method v3: harmful imported garbage and low-utility dumping belong in External Footprint, where inbound transfer responsibility is 15% of the category. Historical method v2 import deductions remain archived under Domestic Durability until that country receives a sourced v3 score. Do not double-count.
Read the Trott Bailey Family work: When Another Nation Cleans Up Your Garbage
+8.0↓
International score breakdown
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
Exact point calculation
75.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 18.75 weighted points
Use the cited country-specific record to explain why this rail earned its points.
Why this score
Japan provided about US$16.2 billion ODA in 2025.
OECD preliminary data put Japan’s 2025 ODA at USD 16.2 billion, equal to 0.35% of GNI. In 2024, 41.6% of ODA was grants and 58.4% loans, the highest loan share among DAC members. This records positive contribution and financing structure without assuming every programme has the same local benefit or burden.
Exact point calculation
25.00 × (25.00 ÷ 100) = 6.25 weighted points
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Why this score
2024 ODA was 58.4% loans, so financing terms and recipient benefit matter.
Japan imported JPY 9.8431 trillion of agricultural products in 2025. The six largest supplier countries accounted for about 60% of imports, and 99.8% of wheat imports came from Canada, the United States and Australia. This establishes physical external dependence; it does not establish environmental or labour harm in supplier countries without separate attributable evidence.
Exact point calculation
-55.00 × (35.00 ÷ 100) = -19.25 weighted points
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Why this score
Demand-based emissions exceed territorial emissions, showing outsourced embedded emissions.
OECD reports that Japan’s demand-based greenhouse-gas emissions are higher than its production-based emissions, meaning Japan is a net importer of emissions embodied in final demand. This is attributable footprint evidence, but it does not identify which individual overseas projects or suppliers should be assigned causal responsibility.
Exact point calculation
15.00 × (15.00 ÷ 100) = 2.25 weighted points
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Why this score
ODA reporting exists; net environmental and project-level repair remain incompletely demonstrated.
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Weighted rails: 18.75 + 6.25 + -19.25 + 2.25 = 8.00
Base: 8.00 · reviewed adjustment: 0.00 · Adoption: +0.00 · authored marriage-law deduction: −0.00 · verified transfer deduction: −0.00 = published +8.0 (clamped to −100..+100)
Contribution to national evidence: 8.00 × (6.00 × 78.00%) ÷ 97.48 = 0.38 points
Cross-border waste and low-utility goods deductions
A country sending harmful material abroad and a country allowing it onto its land are assessed separately. Beneficial second-hand reuse is not automatically dumping. A pending audit is not a zero-harm finding.
Japan — 2024 export of plastic waste and scrap. Japan exported 683,123,000 kg of plastic scrap in 2024 while importing 7,635,310 kg; outbound material handling in receiving nations needs independent verification. The customs heading identifies traded material; neither permitted recycling nor proven harmful dumping follows from the heading. Source-level trade measurement is verified, downstream disposition is not.
2024 trade data · checked 2026-10-11 · World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade · View source ↗
World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade, 2024 reporter imports/exports, HS 3915; not a downstream inspection
Japan — 2024 export of worn clothing and other worn articles. Japan exported worn clothing in 2024 under HS630900; the trade value US$103.90m alone does not establish dumping. A worn garment can be useful or trash; this audit has no shipment sorting/usable-share or recipient-facility record proving either outcome.
2024 trade data · checked 2026-10-11 · World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade · View source ↗
World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade, 2024 reporter imports/exports, HS 630900; not a downstream inspection
Japan — 2024 import of plastic waste and scrap. Japan exported 683,123,000 kg of plastic scrap in 2024 while importing 7,635,310 kg; outbound material handling in receiving nations needs independent verification. The customs heading identifies traded material; neither permitted recycling nor proven harmful dumping follows from the heading. Source-level trade measurement is verified, downstream disposition is not.
2024 trade data · checked 2026-10-11 · World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade · View source ↗
World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade, 2024 reporter imports/exports, HS 3915; not a downstream inspection
Japan — 2024 import of worn clothing and other worn articles. Japan exported worn clothing in 2024 under HS630900; the trade value US$103.90m alone does not establish dumping. A worn garment can be useful or trash; this audit has no shipment sorting/usable-share or recipient-facility record proving either outcome.
2024 trade data · checked 2026-10-11 · World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade · View source ↗
World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade, 2024 reporter imports/exports, HS 630900; not a downstream inspection
2024 trade flows have been checked and linked above. Their harmful impact has not yet been independently verified; therefore no new deduction is assigned. Additional recipient-site evidence is required to close a harm audit.
This category carries 6% of the scorecard. With 78% research coverage in this category, its effective researched weight is 4.68%. After normalization across the country’s researched categories, this category contributes +0.4 points to the national Evidence-before-Gate reading.
What the evidence found
ODA reporting exists; net environmental and project-level repair remain incompletely demonstrated.
2026-10-10 OECD DACDemand-based emissions exceed territorial emissions, showing outsourced embedded emissions.
2026-10-10 OECD Environment2024 ODA was 58.4% loans, so financing terms and recipient benefit matter.
2026-10-10 OECD DACJapan provided about US$16.2 billion ODA in 2025.
2026-10-10 OECD DACJapan imported JPY 9.8431 trillion of agricultural products in 2025. The six largest supplier countries accounted for about 60% of imports, and 99.8% of wheat imports came from Canada, the United States and Australia. This establishes physical external dependence; it does not establish environmental or labour harm in supplier countries without separate attributable evidence.
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesOECD preliminary data put Japan’s 2025 ODA at USD 16.2 billion, equal to 0.35% of GNI. In 2024, 41.6% of ODA was grants and 58.4% loans, the highest loan share among DAC members. This records positive contribution and financing structure without assuming every programme has the same local benefit or burden.
OECDOECD reports that Japan’s demand-based greenhouse-gas emissions are higher than its production-based emissions, meaning Japan is a net importer of emissions embodied in final demand. This is attributable footprint evidence, but it does not identify which individual overseas projects or suppliers should be assigned causal responsibility.
OECDPublished indicators
OECD · 2025
SourceOECD · 2025
SourceOECD · 2025
SourceOECD · 2024
SourceMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries · 2025
SourceMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries · 2025
SourceTrott Bailey Family Civilization Target
The end state: life beyond monetary gatekeeping
Trott Bailey Family Civilization treats money as an exchange tool rather than a prerequisite for access to life. The long-run abundance target is that food, water, shelter, care, education, mobility, land access and ordinary public life remain reachable even when a person cannot pay.
This target is an authored civilization standard. The diagnostic evidence score can use all sixteen weighted categories: fourteen domestic plus International Welcome (6%) and External Footprint (6%), when each international category has four verified rail scores and dated source evidence. Unreviewed international rails remain pending, not zero. The five-part Money Gate remains a separate domestic threshold asking whether food, housing/land, healthcare, transportation and water/energy are genuinely reachable without payment before any civilization can cross zero.
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