This week JLGC researcher Hannah Waterson has an article on the Guardian Local Leaders network looking at how a pioneering project in Adachi, Tokyo is combating social isolation in a country with one of the world’s largest ageing populations. The article examines how the partnership-led approach of Adachi ward aims to prevent elderly residents from becoming socially isolated and can be read here.
The article follows an earlier piece by former Japan Study Tour participant Hannah Fearn on transferable policy lessons for the UK from overseas on how to cope with the challenges posed by an ageing society, featuring the Adachi project, which can be read here.
