主催: International Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy, Collaborating Organization:, Cuban Society of Pharmacology, Medical Research Center in Warsaw, Under the Patronage, The Embassy of Cuba in Japan, Embassy of Japan in Cuba, Japanese National Foundation, Association for Technical Aids, Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities
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The society of population pyramid inverted comes due to human beings' longevity by progress of science and technology. Japan had the highest rates of life expectancy in 2003, which is 81.8 years old in the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The elderly population as of October 1, 2007 is 27,440,000 people, which exceeding the 870,000 corresponding periods of last year (26,600,000: the previous year). An aging rate reaches to 21.5%, and both became the highest ever. Disabled elderly will increase this appearance of population.