Category Age-Tech Japan

Age-Tech Japan, Ageing and Generations, Carter Group Viewpoints

Heads, Hands and Hearts for Age Tech

Developing tech-enabled products and services that assist us as we age is a relatively new frontier. However, the vision of a world where people in advanced years can meaningfully participate in society and overcome the physical and cognitive challenges of age is slowly but steadily becoming a reality.

Robots for nursing care were placed in the facility (Sendai City)

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Age Tech Japan Newsletter: April 2022

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 cooperation and collaboration between different players from both private and public sectors.

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Age Tech Japan Newsletter: February 2022

Social media use and digital uptake among older generations has proven to be an interesting metric to watch over the years, and is an important barometer for age-tech product acceptance.

Age-Tech Japan

Age Tech Japan Newsletter: January 2022

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 Revolution”) and founder of The Gerontechnologist, about agetech in Japan.

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Age Tech Japan Newsletter: December 2021

Dominic Carter, CEO of The Carter Group / Japan Market Resource Network, shares the latest on a great opportunity for foreign (non-Japanese) age-tech startups through a progressive initiative from the Kobe City government and its Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster (KBIC).