Japan has a great welfare system. Often neighbouring countries come to study the Japanese system so they can implement something similar back home. But the demographics of Japan are rapidly changing and the system needs to adapt. The government has started working on an integration of the current welfare systems Read more…
Disclaimer: My dad worked at IBM, I am an Apple fan-boy, and my full-time job is at a seniors facility – so this news hits close to home in many ways. As you may know, Japan has a super greying population. The population pyramid is actually doing a somersault. While Read more…
Elections in Japan seem to be never ending. Being a foreigner, I of course cannot vote and usually just ignore the whole thing. However, the results of last weeks municipal elections caught my eye. Two women with hearing-impairments won seats in the assembly. The reason that this likely made the Read more…