News: No Dogs Allowed
On October 3, the Hankyu department store in Osaka hosted an event promoting the awareness of service dogs. One of the attendees, a hearing-impaired woman…
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Selling Male Nursing Care… with Handsome Guys
A book, featuring handsome young men working at nursing care facilities, was published in September this year. The book, titled “Kaigo-danshi Studies” (“Male nursing care…
Japanese Nursing Care Measures to Put Economy First
Recently, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced he’s planning to introduce new policies related to social security, with the aim to improve economic growth. The government…
Japanese Government to Prioritize Paralympic Athletes
The Japanese government plans to introduce major budgetary allocations to promising Paralympic athletes for the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Paralympic games. The prioritized budgetary allocations will…
Number of Special Nursing Homes for the Elderly to be Increased
Recently, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe announced that he’s planning to increase the number of special nursing homes for the elderly. This is a…
Avatar Robot Helps People who are Bedridden
Kentaro Yoshifuji, 27, created OriHime five years ago while a student at Japan’s prestigious Waseda University. He later established Ory Laboratory and showed off his…