Bloomberg (December 15)
2015/ 12/ 17 by jd in Global News
“A surge in Tokyo’s elderly population over the next 10 years may overwhelm urban healthcare systems; while depopulation and stagnant economies in rural Japan are set to leave nursing homes and hospitals half-empty.” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing “an audacious idea” of motivating urban elderly to relocate to Japan’s countryside.
Tags: Abe, Audacious, Countryside., Depopulation, Elderly, Healthcare, Hospitals, Japan, Nursing homes, Rural, Surge, Tokyo, Urban
