which, in turn, will help to secure domestic care service workers. Additionally, foreign
caregivers who have learned about Japan’s long-term care will introduce these
practices in their home countries, thereby creating a virtuous cycle in the elderly health
care. In this context, efforts to secure foreign caregivers will be strengthened from
both quality and quantity perspectives, including strategic efforts to recruit the
overseas foreign caregivers and support them for settling in Japan.
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Sharing of knowledge on long-term care services
Currently, the ISO is investigating the formulation of international standards for
long-term care, and discussions are also taking place in Japan in private committees
composed of academics, related organizations, and others. By actively contributing to
these discussions and other international discussions in various frameworks in the
field of health care for the elderly, our country aims to share knowledge on Japan's
high-quality long-term care services and to contribute to international understanding
of Japan's high-quality long-term care services, including dementia care.
In addition, given the recent downward trend in the rate of Certification of
Needed Long-Term Care by age group in Japan amidst the aging population, our
country will collect and organize further evidence on how this trend relates to Japan’s
health promotion and care prevention efforts through community support programs.
We also examine the relationship between the extension of healthy life expectancy
and the cost of long-term care and share the knowledge with other countries. This will
contribute to the realization of vibrant, healthy societies with longevity in each country.
Through these efforts, we aim to increase Japan's international credibility in the
field of long-term care, and to attract foreign long-term care workers interested in
Japan’s long-term care, as well as to encourage the international expansion of
domestic long-term care providers.
Strengthening of outreach to overseas local communities
The direction of a comprehensive and strategic response to strengthen the ability
to attract foreign caregivers will be discussed with the participation of government
agencies, local governments, academics, care providers, and other experts. In this
process, we will establish the sending-out routes to Japan according to the
circumstances of each country. In particular, for countries like India, where

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