三井：支持高龄老人自己解决问题减轻家人负担的信息共享策略（英文版）（23页）.pdf

1、1 Theme:Information Collaboration Measures to Help Individuals Solve Problems in Their Old Age and Reduce the Burden on Families Mitsui Group 1.Family Transition to Support the Elderly(1)The Nuclear Family and Low Birth Rate are Progressing in Japan For decades,Japan has aired cartoons called Chibi

2、Maruko-chan on Sunday evenings at 6:00 and Sazae-san at 6:30.Both depict the everyday life of a family where a couple,their child and one of the couples parents(grandparents for the child)live together.However,in reality,the share of these three-generation cohabitation households has been steadily d

3、eclining,with the share of single-person households and couple-only households increasing(Chart 1).In terms of the number of households,the number of one-person households and two-person households increased significantly,while the number of households consisting of three or more people decreased(Ch

4、art 2).Figure 1:Percentage of general households by family type Source:the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Bureau of Statistics,2020 Census 25.6 27.6 29.5 32.4 34.6 38.1 17.3 18.9 19.6 19.8 20.1 20.1 34.2 31.9 29.8 27.9 26.9 25.1 7.0 7.6 8.3 8.7 8.9 9.0 15.8 14.1 12.8 11.1 9.4 7.7 0%

5、10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%199520002005201020152020single householda married couple only householda household consisting of married couples and childrena household consisting of a single parent and childrenOther households2 Chart 2:Number of general households by number of household members Sour

6、ce:the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Bureau of Statistics,2020 Census Particularly for households headed by people over the age of 65,it is estimated that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 5 men will be living alone by 2040(Chart 3).Chart 3:Estimates of the number of single households and the