Graying Asia: How Pension Systems Fail to Respond to Dramatic Aging
The Asia-Pacific region is ill-equipped to meet the challenge of dramatic aging due to a lack of sound, efficient pension systems.
INFOGRAPHIC: Taiwan's Exhausted Elderly Caregivers Don't Get Enough Help
For caregivers over 65 caring for another elderly person, help is out there. They're just not taking it.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Board of Science and Technology Promote Innovation Sandbox Together to Demonstrate Government Support for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; MOEA Hosts “2018 Innovat
Directed by the Office of Science & Technology, Executive Yuan and hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the 2018 Innovation Sandbox Exchange Forum was hosted at NEO Studio, Taipei on October 3rd. Audrey Tang, Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan, Zse-hong Tsai, Executive Secretary of the Office of Science & Technology, and Wellington L. Koo, Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission were all invited to attend. The Forum hopes to make innovation sandbox an important mechanism amid a comprehensive innovation entrepreneurship environment, as well as a driving force for innovation development in Taiwan.
Taiwan Primes for Old Age Apocalypse with Long-Term Care Plan
Health professionals say Taiwan's elderly care services deserve praise, but its caregivers remain woefully underpaid.
Japan's Adult Guardianship System Needs More Attention
Japan's system for providing guardians for incapacitated adults is both under-used and in dire need of improvement.
Taiwan's Government Encourages Innovation through Creative Events, Regulatory Sandbox.
Taiwan’s government encourages enterprises to think out of the box and break through the restrictions on innovation. At the same time, the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration promoted their innovative regulatory sandbox through creative ways at the natural gourmet banquet.
Taiwan’s Aging Population Pace Breaks World Record
The Taiwanese society has a hyper-aged population of over twenty percent; the growing rate is 1.6 times as much as Japan, 2.8 times more than the U.S. and 7.3 times as much as the U.K.