ABSTRACT
The Inclusive Wealth Index (IWI) is a new macro-economic index intended for use in sustainability analyses and is the basis of the Inclusive Wealth Report, published in 2012 and 2014. The IWI was proposed and developed for the assessment of economic sustainability at a national level. However, economic sustainability also applies to subnational entities. The chapter describes the general trends in capital accumulation and population change in Japan since 2000. It provides information on general trends of wealth accumulation and population change in Japan since 2000. Japan succeeded in maintaining total wealth in the interval under the total utilitarianism criterion, even though some prefectures’ wealth decreased. All prefectures, other than Okinawa, experienced a reduction in their working-age population and human capital stocks in study period. The impact of the discount rate selection on the present discounted population.
