抄録
The population of elderly people over the age of 65 in Japan reached 19% in 2003 and it is estimated to be 22% by 2013. Due to the arrival of such aging society, it is an urgent problem for Japan to guarantee the physical and mental health and independent life for the elderly people as well as to establish the methods how to deal with this problem. The percentage of the elderly population in the Philippines in 1990 was only 3.6% and even in 2010 it is estimated to reach 4.9%. The arrival of the aging society in the Philippines still seems to be out in the future. Therefore, we would like to introduce the present situation of Japan's aging society as well as some of the solutions, which are attempts to solve these problems. We hope that this will help the Philippines when they face similar problems in the future.
