The population of Japan has been ageing rapidly in recent decades. This demographic change of a graying population causes various problems for the Japanese society.In the year 2000, in reaction to...Show moreThe population of Japan has been ageing rapidly in recent decades. This demographic change of a graying population causes various problems for the Japanese society.In the year 2000, in reaction to these demographic changes the Japanese government came up with a solution to remedy the lack of care workers: it introduced a new long-term care insurance system. Additionally, In 2006 the government introduced the first caregiver migration policy as part of a trade agreement, and the following year it began promoting innovations in healthcare technology. In this thesis, the main question I will try to answer is whether and how much these three measures are effective in terms of alleviating the labor shortage caused by the increasing need for eldercare.Show less
