Tech for aging society can be Japan's 'advantage': Google exec

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Google Japan President Shinji Okuyama vows to help tackle the country's aging challenge during the Nikkei Global Management Forum on Nov. 10. (Photo by Karina Nooka)

Nikkei staff writers

November 10, 2021 13:12 JST

TOKYO -- Google Japan aims to focus on developing and offering technology that supports the country's aging society, its top executive said at a Nikkei event on Wednesday.

"It is our responsibility to enable elderly people to maintain good health and access necessary information or jobs through our technology," President Shinji Okuyama said at Nikkei's Global Management Forum.