2025
| International Property Rights Index

Japan

Region

Asia and Oceania

Global Rank

4/126

Regional Rank

2/19

Score

7.909

Japan’s IPRI score increased by 0.322 to 7.909 placing it 2nd in the Asia and Oceania region and 4th in the world. Japan is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.

 

Japan’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.101 to 7.658 with scores of 7.73 in Judicial Independence, 8.071 in Rule of Law, 7.038 in Political Stability, and 7.791 in Control of Corruption.

 

Japan’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 1.247 to 8.92 with scores of 10 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.759 in Registering Property, and 9 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Japan’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.182 to 7.149 with scores of 8.295 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.667 in Patent Protection, 8.195 in Copyright Protection, and 5.437 in Trademark Protection.

 

Japan is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • OECD
  • CPTPP

Japan - IPRI Overall Score

Japan - IPRI Overall Score

  • 1: IPRI
  • 2: Legal and Political Subindex
  • 3. Judicial Independence
  • 4. Rule of Law
  • 5. Control of Corruption
  • 6. Political Stability
  • 7. Physical Property Rights Subindex
  • 8. Property Rights Protection
  • 9. Registering Property
  • 10. Ease of Access to Loans
  • 11. Intellectual Property Rights Subindex
  • 12. Intellectual Property Rights
  • 13. Patent Protection
  • 14. Copyright Protection
  • 15. Trademark Protection

Japan - IPRI Overall Score

Japan - Legal and Political Environment

Japan - Physical Property Rights

Japan - Intellectual Property Rights