Amid the government's fight with the issue of Japan's aging society, and concerns over whether it can truly cope with the problems involved — including worker shortages in the nursing care sector — one young entrepreneur may have found the key.
Entrepreneur Kaai Akimoto, 24, runs a business that nurtures the young talent who may one day oversee the nursing care sector for decades to come.
Welfare ministry figures announced in June show that the worker shortage is fast approaching. According to that data, the number of elderly people needing care in fiscal 2025 is estimated to stand at 2.53 million, while the number of nursing care workers is expected to be 2.15 million, a shortfall of nearly 380,000 workers.