National coordinating body
The Committee on Ageing Society, established in 1995
National policy on ageing
Action plan
Guidelines on an ageing society with reporting mechanism
Other national Policy on Ageing
Social participation
Health and long-term care
- Universal Health Insurance Coverage System, 1961
- Law Concerning Stabilization of Employment of Older Persons [Law No. 68 of 25 May 1971]
- The Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, 1982
- The Long-Term Care Insurance Law (Law No. 123 of 1997), 1997
- Health Japan 21 (the second term), 2013-2023
- Guidelines on nutritional management for meal delivery services to promote health support for local elderly people, 2017
- Master Plan on Health Care Service, 2020
Social protection and employment
Other policies
- The Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly, 1963
- The Act on the Promotion of Research, Development and Dissemination of Social Welfare Equipment, 1993
- Public Assistance System, 2010
- Pension Reform, 2012
- Social Security Reforms and elderly employment in Japan, 2019
- The Act on Revision of National Pension Act, Employee’s Pension Insurance Act, 2020
- Basic Policy for Measures for the Stabilisation of Employment for Elderly Persons, 2020
- Measures for Pension System facing with Aging and Low Fertility, 2020
- Amendment of the Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons, 2021
- Human Resources Development Center on Productivity Improvement