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Japanese companies will be world leaders in catering for the elderly |
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other countries such as China and South Korea and most of Western Europe are closing the gap |
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in 2004 one-fifth of its population will be 6 or over and there will be more than 20,000 people over the age of a hundred |
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the increasing burden of providing pensions and health care for the growing number of elderly will cause Japan's public finances to remain by far the worst in the developed world |
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to safeguard the financial assets of its pensioners, the bank of Japan will not be able to take any radical measures |