This document provides clear diagrams identifying the changes in the population structure which will occur during the years 2010 – 2030, explaining the resulting changes in the number of households, and providing estimates of the numbers of hospitalized and outpatient elderly, as well as the numbers of persons officially certified to receive nursing care.
It also utilizes statistical data to describe the lives of present-day elderly in terms of their sources of income, employment, pensions, lifestyles, housing , and other elements. These materials will provide a powerful visual overview of the super-aging society that the Tokyo Metropolitan Area is poised to enter.