• Koichi Chiba heads Korekara Support, an organization offering elderly support services. He and members of his team created Community Coping to help build the capabilities to address the many issues Japan's rapidly aging communities are facing. | ALEX K.T. MARTIN
    Koichi Chiba heads Korekara Support, an organization offering elderly support services. He and members of his team created Community Coping to help build the capabilities to address the many issues Japan's rapidly aging communities are facing. | ALEX K.T. MARTIN
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A woman in her 50s from district C appears distraught. What’s wrong? Flip her card to find out:

After five years of caring for her aging mother-in-law, Mrs. Hasegawa says she needs to look after her own mother as well. She’s not sure if she can handle the physical and psychological burden while juggling housework.

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