The Japanese government is launching a new program aimed at reducing the burden on caregivers and enabling elderly people to live more independently. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry intends to create around 10 national centers in 2016, which will aid the development of nursing care robots that can meet Read more…
Soon after Japan Post Holdings Co., Apple and IBM Corp formed a business partnership, Japan Post Co. announced they’ll be lending 1,000 Apple iPads to elderly citizens in Yamanashi and Nagasaki prefectures. The iPads are a part of an experiment, set to be carried out until March next year, that Read more…
A book, featuring handsome young men working at nursing care facilities, was published in September this year. The book, titled “Kaigo-danshi Studies” (“Male nursing care worker studies”) is an effort to change the public’s opinion and stereotypes about the nursing care field by focusing on the male employees, actively working Read more…
Recently, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced he’s planning to introduce new policies related to social security, with the aim to improve economic growth. The government will focus on three aspects of social welfare. The first of the three “arrows”, as Abe referred to them, aims to realize the largest economy Read more…