Related to this trend is a labor shortage arising from falling birth rates:folks over 60 are making up a larger and larger percentage of Japan's population as the country's baby boomers get older. As a result, there are more people in the old folks homes but a shrinking labor pool from which to hire people to work there. One solution is to "export" the aged. Another solution that Japan is pursuing is robotics.
—Mellow Monk
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