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Tapping Technology to Maximize the Longevity Dividend in Asia

18 May 2018
The workforce in many Asian countries is aging and shrinking. Specific technologies could help improve the labor force participation of senior citizens or their productivity. Policies should promote the promotion and adoption of technologies, lifelong learning for seniors, and cross-border, intra-…

Health Capacity to Work at Older Ages Evidence from Japan

17 May 2018
The labor force participation rate among Japanese men and women over the age of 65 has increased since 2010. This research shows that older people in Japan have a significant capacity to work at older ages. A follow-up study found, however, that after retirement salaried men who held jobs at age 54…

Discussion on Health Capacity to Work at Older Ages Evidence from Japan

17 May 2018
Reacting to the main presentation, the author noted the importance of the topic health capacity to work and the useful results of the research, as it investigates the extent to which older Japanese people could enlarge the labor supply. Nonetheless, he pointed out potential issues with the two…

Untapped Work Capacity Among Old Persons and Their Potential Contributions to the Silver Demographic Dividend in Japan

17 May 2018
In this presentation, the authors have measured the untapped work capacity of old persons, using the microdata gathered in the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR), a longitudinal survey carried out on subjects aged 50–75. Their results show that the volume of untapped work capacity of…

Discussion on Untapped Work Capacity Among Old Persons and Their Potential Contributions to the Silver Demographic Dividend in Japan

17 May 2018
In discussing the presentation on "Untapped work capacity among old persons and their potential contributions to the ‘silver demographic dividend' in Japan" by Rikiya Matsukura, the presenter noted that the Japanese experience in tackling the issues of population aging provides valuable lessons to…

The University of Melbourne as a Prosumer The Parkville Virtual Power Plant

4 April 2018
Prosumerism is a scalable concept that will geuninely replace conventional power plants for the provision of reliability as a solution to the energy trilemma. Making a smart city truly smart entails the deployment of low carbon technologies, development of new business cases, and contribution to…

Evaluation of Land Value in Japanese Tax Administration

23 February 2018
Read about the land value appraisal system in Japan. This presentation discusses how land value is appraised based on the Directive for Appraisal of Assets, including appraisal methods and some examples.

Japans efforts in implementing the Environmental Dimensions of the SDGs

22 February 2018
This presentation discussed how Japan is working to promote action on the environment dimensions of the SDGs, as well as the challenges, good practices and ways forward to address these challenges. It also shared the role of Ministry of Environment, Japan (MOEJ) in facilitating action, both…

Accounting for Ecosystem Outcomes

22 February 2018
This presentation discussed the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting,

Financial Education for SMEs Case of Japan

13 December 2017
Japan does not have a specifc national strategy for the financial education of small and medium enterprises (SME), but it has a broad national strategy for financial education that targets different levels of the school curriculum. Moreover, it encourages financial institutions to advise clients on…