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

Age-Tech Japan

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.

Carter Group Viewpoints, Japan Market Entry

Back to the Future for Luxury in Japan?

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 years.

Age-Tech Japan

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.

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.

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.

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.

Age-Tech Japan

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).

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.