Barriers to Nursing Care Services Remain High for Elderly Foreign Residents; Government Seeks Ways to Help Growing Number of Aging Foreigners

By Kazuo Otsu / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Writer
13:08 JST,
December 9, 2025
Aging spares no one, including foreign residents of Japan. There have been concerns that the language barrier makes it difficult for older foreign residents to use the public nursing care insurance services that they are eligible for. So I looked into efforts to support elderly foreign residents of ...
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