Work until you're 100 - Japan's Incredible Life Expectancy (2010) | Tokyo
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An Age Old Problem (2010): At the time of year when our concern for the elderly is particularly strong, we travel to Japan, the world's oldest nation, to discover the secret to dealing with advancing age. But have they got the answers? For similar stories, see: How Is Japan Dealing With Its Rapidly Ageing Population? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF14TCrMN2Q What Are The Secrets To A Long Life? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlmV-zJ1_z0 Could the Future of Elderly Care be in the Hands of These Robots? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HyASjbsEzY Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: https://www.journeyman.tv/film/5019 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures With 30 million people over 65, Japan's life expectancy is the highest in the world. In the countryside it seems that keeping active and sociable is the secret; "a positive mental attitude is what counts". Yet in Tokyo the story is not quite the same - in the city the elderly aren't active through choice. Meagre pensions mean they often work up to their deaths. More and more old people line the streets, "living one day to the next". With a huge burden falling on the younger generation, the technophile Japanese see robots as a solution, most recently developing a 'robot suit' walking aid, designed to increase independence. It's a step in the right direction, but is it too little too late? ORF – Ref. 5019 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world's most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world's top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you'll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.
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yes work until you fall in to that hole that your workmates have had dug for you and themselves it saves on paying pensions and our own rest and deserved leisure time ,while the elite ,the establishment,the very top laugh grin that they have used the human race under them as slaves,so people this must never happen ,you know in our country it's now near 70 years of age to receive any pension for the poor,,while these bxxxxxxs can retire when they want and spend it in restaurants ,on the golf course etc ,beware of all of this in the media ,remember modernisation in the workplace,robots would do our work we would have more leisure time ,,and it turned out absolute bollocks ,the poor or really dependent and really entitled cant receive there pensions,until THEY say, in the meantime you are very lucky to receive them ,as your body is old and ready to drop or rest in your final years, ,in this country it was 65 man 60 woman, now oh yes the say but we are living longer ,but that does not include there pensionable age, no way,and be it policeman,fireman,foreigners etc etc our forefathers built this country on blood sweat and tears ,the NHS ,the welfare system,and our own people here and Europe are letting them pull the wool over own eyes, one rule, and one law for all of us, not just the elite and the establishment
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13:10 look at your new generation. Ha.
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(10:54) "The sociologist Aya ABE..." It's pronounced A-beh, not Abe as in Abe Lincoln. This journalist loses all credibility. Can't even get the surname of an interviewee?
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3:10 that health food deep fried thou lol
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I loved my visit to Japan so much! very friendly people and a beautiful culture!! If I could I would move there without a doubt!
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The Japanese people are now getting irradiated since the Fukushima nuclear meltdown. I wonder how this will affect their life expectancy. How crazy would it be that it ends up creating a cancer-resistant race of human beings.
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Any place that see old age as a problem are society doomed,