Age Tech Japan Newsletter: April 2022

Age Tech Japan Newsletter: April 2022

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

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...
The business of dying in Japan

The business of dying in Japan

by CarterJMRN One thing is certain for all of us, as a rather morbid saying goes. But alas, it is true and therefore it doesn’t come as a surprise that death and the business of dying are a large industry in Japan, with customers guaranteed in one of the most aged...