U.S. AND JAPAN TO COLLABORATE ON AGING IN PLACE

Super Aging: UMB Students Learn New Perspectives on Aging in ...

Japan has been a super aged society for decades and is now the oldest nation on the planet. With fewer young people, it has turned to technology ...

Webinar on "Redesigning Communities for an Aging Society

On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles and JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles co-presented a webinar entitled ...

What 7-Eleven Can Teach Us about Aging in Community

The yearlong project brought together researchers and government officials from the U.S. and Japan so we could share strategies for helping ...

Integrated Long-Term Care 'Neighbourhoods' to Support Older ...

In Japan, once it became clear in the 1990′s that an aging population would increase costs to an unacceptable level, the government was ...

Promoting age-friendly community of support and care in Japan's ...

The “Nagayama model” of community-based integrated care system emphasizing multi-stakeholders' efforts in serving its older residents is widely recognized as a ...

7 Reasons Why Japan Gives a Glimpse into the Future of Aging and ...

Japan has the most aged population in the world – as in nearly one-third of its population is already aged 65+. That compares to 23% in Italy, 16% in the US, ...

Cultural Differences: What Japan's Aging Population Reveals About ...

In navigating this significant shift, the people of Japan have found ways to raise the bar when it comes to caring for their aging population — “they live ...

Aging-in-place preferences and institutionalization among Japanese ...

Negotiating end-of-life decision making: a comparison of Japanese and U.S. residents' approaches. ... This work was supported by the ...

Senior employment in Japan could solve employee satisfaction

Japan is tackling workforce shortages through senior employment in Japan by rehiring older workers, improving conditions and skills, ...

Japan's Welfare for the Elderly—Past, Present, and Future

Japan's long-term care insurance system was launched in April 2000, and in the ensuing years, as domestic demographics have continued to evolve, ...

Shrinkanomics: Policy Lessons from Japan on Aging – IMF F&D

The relative wealth of older generations in Japan calls into question the costly fiscal redistribution mechanism in place that aims to reduce elderly income ...

Aging in Place: Baby Boomers and What We Can Learn From Japan

Aging in place has become a common phrase and signals the boomers' overwhelming desire to remain at home until the end (Lai, 2008). According to the United ...

From Gray to Great: Rethinking Aging, Lessons from Japan

To address the shrinking workforce, Japan is steering elders away from retirement back into the job market and providing ways to make this more ...

Japan - AARP International

To keep up with the healthcare needs of the aging population and to ensure fiscal sustainability, the Japanese government has constantly adapted its LTCI ...

Hotel Oakland Village recognized by a HUD/Japan Research ...

Hotel Oakland Village recognized by a HUD/Japan Research Collaboration as an excellent example of “Aging-in-Place!” Both countries published “white paper” ...

Long-term Care in Japan | NBER

In response to the escalating demand for elderly care, Japan ... aging in place for seniors and alleviate the burdens on informal caregivers.

The Past, Present and Future Direction of Government-Supported ...

The Japan government-inspired and -initiated active aging programs contributed significantly towards aging policies, programs and funding for ...

Japan's age wave: Challenges and solutions - CEPR

There is no historical precedent that parallels the levels of ageing we are projected to see in the coming decades, prompting the rest of the ...

Japan confronts a stark reality: a nation of old people

Compared with people in other industrialized countries, the Japanese receive far more benefits than they pay for in taxes and premiums. The ...

Japan's ageing population: The implications for its economy

That said, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in January 2023 that "Japan is standing on the verge of whether we can continue to function as a ...