With one of the world's most aged populations, Japan ought to be able to teach countries like the UK how to plan public policy around this demographic challenge.At the recent international property and regeneration extravaganza event MIP1M, in Cannes, there was indeed a standing room-only seminar on discussing Japan's ageing population and how to house it. A senior Japanese civil servant said the nation's inward investment strategy must focus on attracting funding for urban residential housing for the elderly. Like those in the UK, Japanese pensioners want to live in their own homes.
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