1. Japan
Last updated: April 2019

2. CONTENT Basic socio-demographic indicators
HIV prevalence and epidemiological status
Risk behaviors
National response

3. BASIC SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS
Total population (in thousands)
127,975 (2015)1
Population aged (thousands)
53,733 (2015) 1
Maternal mortality ratio (per live births)
5 (2015) 2
Percentage of population in urban areas
94 (2016) 3
Antenatal care coverage - At least one visit (%)
N/A
Crude birth rate (births per 1,000 population)
7.9 (2015) 3
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
2.7 (2015) 2
Human development index (HDI) - Rank/Value
17/0.903 (2015) 5
Life expectancy at birth (years) - Male/Female
81/87 (2017) 6
Adult literacy rate (%)
Ratio of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and
private school (%)
1.00 (2014) 3
GDP per capita (PPP, current international $)
41,470 (2016) 3
Per capita total expenditure on health (PPP int. $)
3,727 (2014) 7
Sources: Prepared by based on 1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition; 2. WHO. (2017). World Health Statistics 2017: Monitoring Health for the SDGs; 3. World Bank. World Data Bank: World Development Indicators & Global Development Finance. Retrieved November 2017, from 4. UNSD. (2017). Millennium Development Goals Database - Antenatal Care Coverage Retrieved November 2017, from 5. UNDP. (2017). Human Development Report 2016; 6. UNFPA. (2017). State of World Population 2017: Reproductive Health and Rights in an Age of Inequality and 7. WHO. (2017). Global Health Observatory Indicator Views: Per Capita Total Expenditure on Health (PPP int. $) (Health Systems), Retrieved November 2017, from

4. HIV prevalence and epidemiological status

5. Estimated people living with HIV, new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, 1990-2017
Source: Prepared by based on UNAIDS. (2018). UNAIDS 2018 HIV Estimates

6. Estimated number of adults (15+) living with HIV and women (15+) living with HIV, 1990-2017
Source: Prepared by based on UNAIDS. (2018). UNAIDS 2018 HIV Estimates

7. HIV prevalence among key populations in Japan, 2015
Source: Prepared by based on and Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting

8. Reported number of HIV and AIDS cases,1985 - 2018
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterlyfiles accessed from

9. Reported number of HIV cases by gender,1985 - 2018
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterly files accessed from

10. Reported number of AIDS cases by gender,1985 - 2018
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterly files accessed from

11. Proportion of cumulative HIV and AIDS cases (among Japanese and foreign nationalities) by gender,
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterly files accessed from

12. Proportion of cumulative HIV cases by mode of transmission, 1985 –2018
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterly files accessed from

13. Proportion of cumulative AIDS cases by mode of transmission, 1985 –2018
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterly files accessed from

14. Annual reported HIV cases among Japanese (1990-2018)
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterly files accessed from

15. Annual reported HIV cases among foreigners in Japan (1990-2018)
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterly files accessed from

16. Reported HIV cases by mode of transmission among Japanese (1995-2018)
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterly files accessed from

17. Reported HIV cases by mode of transmission among foreign nationalities in Japan (1995-2018)
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterly files accessed from

18. Proportion of reported HIV cases (among Japanese and foreign nationalities) by mode of transmission,
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterly files accessed from

19. Proportion of reported AIDS cases (among Japanese and foreign nationalities) by mode of transmission,
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.(2018). Heisei 29 (2017) 2017 AIDS Outbreak Trend Annual Report and 2018 quarterly files accessed from

20. Reported number of HIV cases through sexual transmission among Japanese by age group, 1995-2017
Sources: Prepared by based on Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare AIDS Surveillance Committee. (2017) nd Quarter Annual AIDS Occurrence Report (files accessed from )

21. Risk behaviours

22. Proportion of key populations who reported condom use at last sex, 2010-2015
Source: Prepared by based on and Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting

23. Proportion of PWID who reported the use of sterile injecting equipment at the last injection, 2015
Source: Prepared by based on Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting 2014

24. Number and proportion of young people (15-24) who had sex before the age of 15 by gender, 2004
Source: Prepared by based on UNAIDS. (2010). Global Report: UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.

25. Proportion of male and female aged who reported having multiple sexual partnerships, 2009 and 2011
Source: Prepared by based on

26. Number and % of high school students who had sex with more than one partner in the last 12 months and reported condom use at last sex by gender, 2008
Source: Prepared by based on UNAIDS. (2010). Global Report: UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic citing Nationwide High School Prevention and Intervention Research, Preliminary Survey (53 schools, year 2 of senior high school), 2008

27. HIV expenditure

28. Proportion of HIV spending category, 2009-2011
Source: Prepared by based on

29. National response

30. HIV testing and treatment cascade, 2017
Source: Prepared by based on UNAIDS. (2018). UNAIDS 2018 HIV Estimates and Global AIDS Monitoring 2018

31. Estimated number of adults living with HIV, adults receiving ARVs, and adult ART coverage, 2017
Source: Prepared by based on UNAIDS. (2018). UNAIDS 2018 HIV Estimates and Global AIDS Monitoring 2018

32. Treatment cascade in Japan, 2015
Source: Prepared by based on Iwamoto, A., Taira, R., Yokomaku, Y., et al. (2017). The HIV care cascade: Japanese perspectives. PLoS ONE, 12(3), e doi: /journal.pone

33. Proportion of key populations who received an HIV test in the last 12 months and knew the results,
Not available
Source: Prepared by based on Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting

34. Punitive laws hindering the HIV response in Japan
Sources: Prepared by based on UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, and UNODC. (2014). Punitive Laws Hindering the HIV Response in Asia and the Pacific in October 2014

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