REDESIGNING COMMUNITIES FOR AGED SOCIETY

JST/RISTEX NEW R&D Focus Area

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Ageing Population ― estimated figure in mid 2007―

2005(past recprd)

2030 2055

75 years old

-　1,160( 9%)　65 ～ 74 years old

1,407(11%)

15 ～ 64

　8,409(66%)

～ 14 years

old　　1,752(14%)

Total population : 　 hundred millions twenty million people

　 Total population :hundred millions ten million people :

Total population : ninety million people

　75 years old -

2,266(20%) 75 years old

2,387(27 % )　 65 ～ 74 years

old

1,401(12%)

65 ～ 74years old

　　1,260(14%)

　　 15 ～ 64

6,740(59%)

15 ～ 64 years old

　4,595(51%)

～ 14 years old

　　1,115(10%)

～ 14 years old 　

　 752(8%)

万人 万人 万人

Years old Years old

注： 2005 refers to national census

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500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

東京

大阪

神奈川

愛知

北海道

埼玉

兵庫

千葉

福岡

静岡

広島

新潟

茨城

全国

京都

長野

福島

宮城

岐阜

岡山

熊本

鹿児島

群馬

三重

栃木

山口

愛媛

長崎

岩手

青森

山形

秋田

大分

奈良

宮崎

富山

和歌山

滋賀

石川

香川

沖縄

高知

島根

徳島

佐賀

山梨

福井

鳥取

２０２５年度高齢者数

２００５年度高齢者数

National average546,213 people （ 2005 ）738,872people （ 2025 ）

単位：人

【資料】　 ２ 005 年の高齢者人口については、総務省統計局「平成１７年国勢調査第１次基本集計（確定値）」　 2025 年の高齢者人口については、国立社会保障・人口問題研究所「都道府県の将来推計人口（平成１４年３月推計）」

Ageing- urban population

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　 elderly future household

Increasing dementia

２００２年

２０１５年

２０２５年

Elderly dementia 　　　　　　（ ten

thousand ）

Older than 65 　　　　　

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１４９

６．３

２５０

７．６

３２３

９．３

head of a household

60933.1%

61434.8%

47035.1%coupl

es

68036.9%

56632.2%

38628.9%

living alone

1,8431,7621,338 Older than 65 years old

4,9645,0484,904

２０２５２０１５２００５

（ ten thousands)

What will happen to Ageing Society ・・

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　 CHALLENGE FOR SUPER-AGEING SOCIETY

1. Longer life spans → design for 90-year life　 keep good condition and fulfill their

potential 　　　　　　　　　

2. Ageing population → re-building up infrastructure of society

TRANSITION OF COMMUNITY-BASED POPULATION

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2005 年までは国勢調査、 2010 年以降は「日本の将来推計人口」（平成 18 年 12月推計）　　　　　　（出典）　広井良典　『コミュニティを問い直す』　ちくま新書 　 2009

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2010 JST/RISTEX NEW R&D FOCUS AREA

「 Design of community-led new ageing society 」

Aiming at solving-driven !- addressing specific ageing issuesPractical research collaborated by

stakeholders in community※ target - not only province, school district but social enterprise, consortium, certain group of people

act based on common object and value…….

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NECESSITY OF NEW R&D AREA

fundamental shift from traditional modus operandi !(impossible to deal with R&D for only specialized fields)

Need diverse fields both natural science and social science for solve-driven practical research

Involvement of participants who are familiar with on the ground level is essential

Collaborative policy: researchers, participants on the spot solution-driven addressing cross-cutting issues

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R&D FOCUS AREA TARGET (A ）

　 implement practical research in the field with collaborative diverse

participants

Create new prototype to address the challenge

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R&D FOCUS AREA TARGET （ B ）

　 NEW METHOD to address the ageing society

suggest for developing the existent measurement such as QOL, Well-being for wide action research

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　 the activity of RISTEX R&D focus area is aiming to building R&D COE and network among participants

would-be- several outcomes will lead to continuous approach and serve as driving force for domestic as well as overseas

Promote to understand our activity for many generations

R&D FOCUS AREA TARGET （ C ）

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THE EXAMPLES OF ELEMENTS OF R&D PROJECTS

1. Building system for new relationship among elderly people in local community and local society to tackel with lonliness

(focusing on support communication)

2. Investigating equipment for elderly and meeting needs for ground level, environmental maintenance

3. Building new system for making use of existent institution, local infrastructure efficiently

4. Review measurement and standardize the current status of ageing society in local community

5. Sorting out barriers to promote social experiment and explore research method for solution

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NOT TARGETED RESEARCH AREA

Equipment Development （ robotics, support equipment, measuring equipment, medical equipment ・・・）

Hardware and software development （ robot, simulation software ・・・）

Simulation Analysis of pension system, medical system

Promotion of R&D

◆With the powerful leadership and management of the Area Director, the following activities are carried out.　　　　 ★ Solicitation and selection of R&D projects

★Area meetings (around once a month)★Local research (site visits)★All-area meetings (residential, with participation of those implementing research) ★Alterations to R&D project plans, or their elimination or merger where necessary.The above are promoted jointly by the Area Director, Area Advisors and the RISTEX Secretariat.

◆Outreach activities are enthusiastically pursued.

◆Human networks are built up with external stakeholders.

◆The content of R&D activities is appraised by the Evaluation Committee.★Specialists conduct peer reviews (evaluations carried out from a specialist point of view by experts in the field in question).★Accountability evaluations are made by external key figures (evaluations looking at whether or not the results of the R&D are in keeping with the resources — financial and human — that have been invested in them).★Not only the R&D projects but also the management of the projects themselves are subject to evaluation.★Interim, ex-post facto and follow-up evaluations are carried out.

R&D promotion system

R&D focus areas Solicitation for and selection of R&D projects

Area Director

Person responsible for area management

Specialist advice to the Area Director

Area Advisors

R&D project R&D project R&D project R&D project

Research team:University researchers, government, public-profit corporations, schools, industry, NPOs

etc.Joint efforts by all stakeholders including those working on solutions to the problems and

the researchers

R&D is promoted with each R&D focus area treated as a separate unit.The Area Director who acts as the person responsible for the management of the research area is appointed, and with the Area Advisors who provide specialist advice (who are drawn from the sectors of industry, academia, government and citizens) and the RISTEX Secretariat (Department of Planning and Management/fellows), the areas are managed together.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION…

Contact :

Yoko Nitta

Tel. : +81 3 5214 0133

y2nitta@jst.go.jp

JST/RISTEX(Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society)

Kojimachi Square 5F, 3, Nibancho Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo 102-0084 Japan

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