Could VR and Robots Slow the Global Aging Crisis? Japan Is Finding Out.
Author: internet - Published 2018-02-04 06:00:00 PM - (397 Reads)Journalist Shiho Fukada details in several videos how the Japanese are experimenting with technology to help citizens live longer and healthier, reports STAT . Japan has one of oldest populations in the world, with 27.3 percent of their citizens at least 65 years old. The World Health Organization estimates Japan's average life expectancy in 2015 was the highest in the world, at 83.7 years. One of Fukada's videos shows how Tokyo therapist Kenta Toshima has traveled the world to capture footage of foreign lands that his senior patients can experience via virtual reality.