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Japan
Scores
62.1/100
Overall
55.1/100
Governance and accountability
46.7/100
Prevention
50.0/100
Healing
73.1/100
Justice
East Asia & the Pacific
3rd
Overall
5th
Governance and accountability
6th
Prevention
7th
Healing
2nd
Justice
Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.
Pathfinding Global Alliance
6th
Overall
7th
Governance and accountability
9th
Prevention
17th
Healing
4th
Justice
Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.
Ending Violence Against Children pledging process
8th
Overall
9th
Governance and accountability
15th
Prevention
23rd
Healing
6th
Justice
Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.
G20
10th
Overall
9th
Governance and accountability
11th
Prevention
14th
Healing
9th
Justice
Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.
G7
7th
Overall
6th
Governance and accountability
6th
Prevention
6th
Healing
7th
Justice
Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.
Background indicators
- GDP per capita
- 32475.89
- Gini coefficient
- 32.3
- Rule of Law Index
- 0.79
- Gender Inequality Index (GII)
- 0.06
- Women in parliament
- 15.7
- Gender gap in educational attainment
- 0.99
- LGBTQ Equality Index
- 55.0
- Birth registration
- 100.0
- Internet penetration rate
- 86.98
- Online child sexual abuse
- 3.3
- 3rd
- within East Asia & the Pacific
- out of 11 countries
- 11th
- in its high income classification
- out of 14 countries
- 17.9
- million children in Japan
- represents 3.6% of the region's total population under the age of 18
This country’s score places it in the top third of those assessed in the Index
This high-ranking indicates ongoing and significant effort in establishing laws, policies, services, and accountability mechanisms to prevent and respond to sexual violence against children and adolescents. This country proves that strong systems and political commitment can drive meaningful impact.
Ongoing commitments in prevention, survivor-centered healing, and justice reform will be critical to sustain progress and ensure that protections reach every child.
The scoring provides a roadmap for further action.
The Index evaluates countries against 23 indicators covering the foundational laws, policies, programs, and services governments should have in place to end sexual violence against children and adolescents.
By using these indicators as a step-by-step guide, countries can make meaningful progress toward eliminating sexual violence in their country and improving their ranking in the next Index cycle.
External Story
Japan's 2024 EVAC accountability pledges (opens in a new tab)
See Japan's pledges to end violence against children at the 2024 Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children.
via End Violence Against Children Conference
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#BeBrave G7 Scorecard 2025
www.bravemovement.org/g7
By evaluating each G7 nation’s progress on vital policy measures we're drawing global attention to the global, silent pandemic of sexual violence against children. This is a crisis that undermines the G7's commitment to building secure, prosperous, and equitable societies. Kids need bold leadership and decisive action now to be safe and thrive.
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We broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for the most countries represented at a childhood violence summit! With 120 governments attending, this first ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children was the largest organized event to address this issue on a global scale. Most importantly, as a result, we also broke the world’s record of inaction against childhood sexual violence.