gender gap: The Paris-based organization also pointed out that Japan has a large gender gap in employment, even as women's participation in the workforce has increased, according to The Japan Times. It called for raising child care capacity, reforming the tax and benefit systems, and improving work-life balance. Wage growth remains surprisingly muted despite labor shortages, the OECD said in its report, adding that the pace of wage growth is a short-term uncertainty for the Japanese economy, which is expected to grow 1.2 percent in 2017. The government should introduce a binding ceiling on overtime hours, the OECD said in its economic survey report on Japan. A related bill is not expected until autumn. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is spearheading labor reforms to rein in the nation's notoriously long working hours by pushing for legislation that would cap overtime and ensure equal treatment for regular and nonregular workers.
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