Key topics: Japan's rapidly aging society (kourei shakai) and its social implications, Work culture: karoshi (death from overwork), work-life balance reforms, inemuri, Healthcare system: universal insurance (kokumin kenko hoken), longevity statistics, Urban versus rural life; depopulation of inaka (countryside) regions, Housing and living conditions in major Japanese cities, Vocabulary: health and wellbeing terms, social policy vocabulary, quality-of-life discourse.
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