Category Ageing and Generations

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.

Ageing and Generations, Aging Technology

Big in Japan – Perspective from 35 Years of Living in an Aging Country

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.

Ageing and Generations, Aging Technology

Kobe City’s Age-Tech Eldercare Technology Implementation and Promotion Program Creates Win-Win for Both Society and International Age-Tech Companies

With right at 30% of its population aged over 65, Japan represents the largest global market for ageing-related technologies.

Ageing and Generations, Changing World of Work

All about Ikigai … What It Is, How It Works with Longevity, and a Local Government Example

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.”

Ageing and Generations

Japanese Want to Increase Personal Engagement Across Generations

Our Japan Consumer Sentiment Survey carried out in March 2021 indicates that Japanese of all generations are looking to increase the quality and quantity of engagement they have with people from other generations.

Ageing and Generations, Changing World of Work

Japan Gets Serious About Ikigai

By now, some readers will have heard of the Japanese concept of ‘ikigai’ that is becoming popularized by bloggers and life-advisors in western countries. Like so many words in Japanese, it is somewhat vague and legitimately translatable in a range of ways.

Ageing and Generations, Carter Group Viewpoints

Social Media Usage Trends in Japan, 2021

CarterJMRN has been tracking daily social media use among the general public aged 16-69 via our Japan Consumer Sentiment Survey since 2017.

Ageing and Generations, Carter Group Viewpoints, Changing World of Work, Green Consumer, Internationalization, Japan Mega Trends, Japan Sentiment Tracker, Women Power

Carter Japan Consumer Values Survey 2021 – A Surprisingly Progressive Japan Emerges

On many levels, Japan appears to ignore key elements of what westerners consider to comprise social modernity. One classic example is the profound lack of progress women have made in gaining meaningful roles in management. In this area, to name only one, Japan seems to trail other countries by decades.