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Comparison of countries
Japan
Iran
Indices
Overall Score:
71 out of 100
Rank:
18 out of 182
Rank:
6 out of 141
Overall Score:
63 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,78 out of 1
Rank:
15 out of 143
Overall Score:
77 out of 150
Rank:
84 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,65 out of 10
Rank:
27 out of 119
Score:
23 out of 100
Rank:
153 out of 182
Score:
0,38 out of 1
Rank:
128 out of 143
Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
104 out of 140
International Cooperation
UN
OECD
G20
APEC
FATF
UN
BRICS
Japan
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was accepted in 2017.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 1998.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • G20 Presidency in 2019.
  • The documents adopted under Japan’s Presidency are available here.
  • APEC’s member since 1989.
  • Member of the FATF since 1990.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
Iran
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2009.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • BRICS Member since 2024.
SCO
Main Legislation
Japan
  1. Penal Code: Articles 193, 197-198 
    (明治四十年法律第四十五号 刑法: 記事193, 197-198), (Japanese);

  2. National Public Service Act No. 120 of October 21, 1947, along with Code of Ethics
    (国家公務員法 - 昭和二十二年法律第百二十号), (Japanese);

  3. Unfair Competition Prevention Act No.47 of May 19, 1993: Article 18 
    (平成五年法律第四十七号 – 不正競争防止法: 論文 18), (Japanese);

  4. National Public Service Ethics Act No. 129 of August 13, 1999
    (国家公務員倫理法 - 平成十一年法律第百二十九号), (Japanese);

  5. Whistleblower Protection Act No. 122 of 2004
    (公益通報者保護法 - 平成十六年法律第百二十二号), (Japanese);

  6. National Public Service Ethics Code, Cabinet Order No. 101 of March 28, 2000
    (国家公務員倫理規程), (Japanese).

Iran
  1. Penal Code: Articles 20, 143 – Corporate criminal responsibility (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون مجازات اسلامی: المادتان 20 ، 143 - مسئولية الكيانات الاعتبارية), (Persian);
  2. Book Five of the Criminal Code: Articles 91-97 (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (الكتاب الخامس من قانون العقوبات الإسلامي (العقوبات والعقوبات الرادعة): المواد 91-97), (Persian);
  3. Law «On Administrative Offenses» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون رسیدگی به تخلفات اداری), (Persian);
  4. Law «On Increasing Penalties for the Convicted of Bribery, Embezzlement and Fraud»
    (اصلاح و تأیید موادی از لایحه تشدید مجازات مرتکبین ارتشاء اختلاس و کلاهبرداری), (Persian);
  5. Law «On Public Service» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون مدیریت خدمات کشوری), (Persian);
  6. Law «On Punishment of Unjust and Illicit Exercise of Influence» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون مجازات اعمال نفوذ برخلاف حق و مقررات قانونی), (Persian);
  7. Law «On Penalizing the Disruption of the State’s Economic System» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون مجازات اخلالگران در نظام اقتصادی کشور), (Persian);
  8. Law «On Improving Administrative Discipline and Combating Corruption»​
    (قانون ارتقاء سلامت نظام اداری و مقابله با فساد), (Persian);
  9. Law «On Prohibition of Receiving Commission in Foreign Transactions» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون ممنوعیت اخذ پورسانت در معاملات خارجی), (Persian);
  10. Law «On Prohibition of the Intervention of Ministers and the Members of the Parliament and State Employees in State and National Transactions» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (قانون راجع به منع مداخله وزراء و نمایندگان مجلسین و کارمندان در معاملات دولتی و کشوری), (Persian);
  11. Law «On the Protection of Corruption Whistleblowers»
    (قانون حمایت از گزارشگران فساد), (Persian);
  12. Executive Regulation «On Preventing and Combating Corruption» (the website may be temporarily unavailable)
    (آیین نامه پیشگیری و مبارزه با رشوه در دستگاههای اجرایی), (Persian).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Japan
  1. Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office
    (最高検察庁), (Japanese).

Iran
  1. Ministry of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (site created but currently unavailable)
    (وزارت دادگستری), (Persian/English);
  2. Financial Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance of the Islamic Republic of Iran
    (واحد اطلاعات مالی وزارت امور اقتصادی و دارایی), (Persian/English).
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