According to Statistics Buereau of Japan website, Japan’s population is 126.17 million(2019).
The number of elderly people is increasing. 28.4% of Japan’s population is over 65.
We would like to spend the rest of our lives healthily, but most of us cannot.
Japanese laws are providing various systems to help our aging society.
Civil Code provides:
-Guardianship system
-Curatorship system
-Assistance system
Act on Voluntary Guardianship provides:
-Voluntary Guardianship
I took Voluntary Guardianship training and got to know that this system(Voluntary Guardianship) was made with reference to Lasting Power of Attorney(LPA) in the UK.
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney
This is the statistic of LPA in the UK.
https://www.msf.gov.sg/research-and-data/Research-and-Data-Series/Pages/Data-Tables-Lasting-Power-of-Attorney-Mental-Capacity-Act.aspx
The number of the application is increasing (8,132 in 2015) and nearly 90% of applicants appoint immediate family as their attorneys.
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/000639267.pdf
While, in Japan, only 2,652 people use Voluntary Guardianship system in 2019.
We should prepare more for the coming super-aging society.