by carterjmrn | Feb 24, 2022 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Japan Market Entry
Giappone sostituisce la Cina: di nuovo al centro del mercato del lusso Circa 30 anni fa, il Giappone si distingueva come epicentro del lusso mondiale. Ancora mercato fondamentale per i brand internazionali, negli ultimi anni il Paese è stato privato dalla Cina del suo...
by carterjmrn | Feb 23, 2022 | Age-Tech Japan
Age-tech in the News… <Infrastructure> When addressing the large-scale, multi-faceted challenges involving rapid aging, society, and healthcare systems, one of the most important success factors in innovating new solutions (and making them stick!) is...
by carterjmrn | Feb 4, 2022 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Japan Market Entry
Japan retakes the luxury centre stage from China Some 30 years ago, Japan was the epicentre of growth in global luxury. While it has remained a significant market for international luxury brands, China has taken over Japan’s leading consumer role in Asia in recent...
by carterjmrn | Feb 1, 2022 | Age-Tech Japan
Social Media Usage provides Handy Barometer of Open-Mindedness to Age-Tech Products In this blog, CarterJMRN Representative Director and CEO Dominic Carter reviews the key findings regarding social media use from our Spring 2021 measurement. Social media use and...
by carterjmrn | Jan 12, 2022 | Ageing and Generations, Aging Technology
With more than 34 million people over the age of 65, Japan is the oldest country in the world, and it already feels the effects that many countries will experience in the upcoming decades. In this episode, I spoke with Debbie Howard from the Carter...
by carterjmrn | Jan 1, 2022 | Age-Tech Japan
“Big in Japan – Perspective from 35 Years of Living in an Aging Country” Debbie Howard, Chairman of The Carter Group/Japan Market Resource Network, was recently interviewed by leading agetech innovator Keren Etkin (author of the recently released book “The AgeTech...
by carterjmrn | Dec 9, 2021 | Ageing and Generations, Aging Technology
With right at 30% of its population aged over 65, Japan represents the largest global market for ageing-related technologies. And with the proportion of over 65s headed to around 40% by 2050, the addressable market is only set to expand. Recent surveys conducted by...
by carterjmrn | Dec 1, 2021 | Age-Tech Japan
KOBE CITY’S AGE-TECH ELDERCARE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION AND PROMOTION PROGRAM CREATES WIN-WIN FOR BOTH SOCIETY AND INTERNATIONAL AGE-TECH COMPANIES Dominic Carter, CEO of The Carter Group / Japan Market Resource Network, shares the latest on a great opportunity...
by carterjmrn | Sep 28, 2021 | Ageing and Generations, Changing World of Work
In Japanese culture, it is said that each person has an ikigai (生き甲斐, pronounced ee-kee-guy), or “path to life fulfilment” or “purpose for being.” Four foundational life components come together to create ikigai: passion, vocation, profession,...