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[Registration Closed] HGPI Salon 2025 “Looking Ahead to the Future of Japan’s Social Security System” Session 1: Improving Productivity through the Streamlining of Healthcare and Long-Term Care Services and the Utilization of ICT (February 14, 2025)

[Registration Closed] HGPI Salon 2025 “Looking Ahead to the Future of Japan’s Social Security System” Session 1: Improving Productivity through the Streamlining of Healthcare and Long-Term Care Services and the Utilization of ICT (February 14, 2025)

*Registration is now closed. (February 6, 2025)

Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI), an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan think tank, has long been committed to addressing challenges in health and social security. By harnessing the collective intelligence of diverse stakeholders, HGPI aims to present new options for society, fostering citizen-centered health policy.

Japan’s social security system is currently facing structural challenges, including rapid population aging and a shrinking working-age population. With the increasing demand for healthcare and long-term care services due to the growing number of advanced late, social security benefits are projected to reach 190 trillion yen by 2040. Coupled with labor shortages due to the declining workforce, this trend threatens to increase the burden on the working generation and jeopardize the sustainability of the system. On the other hand, proactive efforts are being made by government and private sector experts to address these issues. Technological innovation is accelerating in healthcare and long-term care, giving rise to new services and system innovations. Moreover, policies and initiatives aimed at realizing a symbiotic society are being implemented nationwide, offering hope for a brighter future. These efforts not only have the potential not only to position Japan’s healthcare and elderly care industries as growth sectors but also to revitalize regional communities.

In the past, the National Council on Social Security System Reform, established in 2012, deliberated on the sustainability and future direction of the social security system from a long-term perspective. These discussions laid the foundation for Japan’s social security policy by seeking the optimal balance between “self-help, mutual assistance, and public help” while pursuing system enhancement and efficiency. Building on that momentum, the Meetings on a Social Security System Oriented to All Generations is currently advancing these discussions further. Additionally, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare unveiled the “Future Health and Active Society Strategy” in 2024, presenting a concrete vision for achieving a sustainable social security system. This strategy identifies three primary goals: promoting the growth of the healthcare and long-term care industries, harnessing innovation for societal benefit, and creating a society where individuals can lead healthy and active lives.

Against this backdrop of change, HGPI will provide a forum for discussion throughout 2025 with the “HGPI Salon 2025” on the theme of “Looking Ahead to the Future of Japan’s Social Security System”. Under the Chatham House Rule, these Salons will function as a platform for participants to engage in an open and candid dialogue to generate insights and ideas for policy development. Discussions will focus on specific challenges such as enhancing efficiency of healthcare and long-term care through ICT utilization, strengthening preventive care, and promoting the active participation of women and the elderly. Together with our board members and participants, we aim to conduct constructive discussions.

The HGPI Salon provides a positive space to share challenges in healthcare and social security while collaboratively exploring solutions for the future. The event is supported by participation fees, which are exclusively allocated to venue and operational expenses. Individual supporting members can attend free of charge. We warmly invite you to join us in envisioning a brighter future for Japan’s social security system.

[Event Overview]

  • Session 1 Speaker

Opening Speaker: Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Board Member and Honorary Chairman for Life, HGPI)
Guest Speaker: Shinsuke Muto (Board Member, HGPI)

  • Date & Time: Friday, February 14, 2025; 18:30-20:00 (Reception opens at 18:15) JST
  • Format: In-person Only
  • Venue: Global Business Hub Tokyo
    (3F Otemachi Financial City Grand Cube, 1-9-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004)
  • Language: Japanese only
  • Rules: Chatham House Rule
  • Participation Fee:
    Individual Supporting Members: Free
    – General Participants: Pre-payment via credit card: ¥4,000 / On-site cashless payment: ¥4,400
    – Students (undergraduates only): Pre-payment via credit card: ¥3,000 / On-site cashless payment: ¥3,300 (Student ID required)
    * Light refreshments will be provided at the venue. Participation fees will be fully allocated to operational and venue costs.
  • Capacity: 60 participants (priority given to individual supporting members; lottery-based selection if applications exceed capacity)

 

Registration Deadline: February 6, 2025 (Thursday) 23:59 JST

*Registration is now closed.

Notification of Lottery Results: February 7, 2025 (Friday) by 15:00
*If there are still available seats at the application deadline, the application period may be extended. However, as a general rule, we cannot accommodate individual participation requests after the application deadline.
**After registration is complete, please enter the required information such as your name and email address via the “Apply Here” button above. An automatic confirmation email will be sent after your application. If you do not receive the email, please contact the HGPI secretariat at info@hgpi.org.

 

[Program]

18:30-18:35 Opening Remarks

Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Honorary Chairman for Life, HGPI)

18:35-19:30 Dialogue Session

Speakers: Shinsuke Muto (Board Member, HGPI)

Discussion Topics:
– Challenges facing Japan’s social security system until 2040
– Concrete policy responses focused on 2025–2030

19:30-19:55: Q&A (Interactive session with participants)

19:55-20:00: Closing

 

■Profile

Shinsuke Muto (Board Member, HGPI)
After serving at the departments of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Tokyo Hospital and the Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Professor Shinsuke Muto served the Imperial Household as a court physician. He then worked for McKinsey & Company and founded Tetsuyu Healthcare Holdings in 2010. In 2015, he established Tetsuyu Healthcare Holdings Pte, Ltd. in Singapore. Currently, he serves as a clinical professor at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, as Board Member at Health and Global Policy Institute, as Chairman of the Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) Committee for Regulatory Reform, and as Director of the International House of Japan. He was awarded the 29th Takemi Incentive Award in 2019. Professor Muto holds an Executive MBA from INSEAD and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.

Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Honorary Chairman for Life, HGPI)
Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa is a graduate of the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine. From 1969 to 1984, he lived in the United States where he served as Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine. His other positions have included Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo; Dean, School of Medicine, Tokai University; President, Science Council of Japan (2003-2006); Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office (2003-2006); Special Advisor, Cabinet Office (2006-2008); and Commissioner, World Health Organization (WHO) (2005-2009). He also served as Chairman of the National Diet of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (December 2011-July 2012), Chair and Representative Director of the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) (January 2013-June 2018), and as Special Advisor on Health and Medical Strategy at the Cabinet Secretariat Headquarters for Healthcare and Medical Strategy Promotion (2013-2019).
Dr. Kurokawa’s current positions include Vice Chair and Committee Member of the World Dementia Council (WDC). He has been named professor emeritus at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and the University of Tokyo and as a Distinguished Professor of Tokai University.

■ Proposed Board Member Speakers and Themes for Dialogues:

Session 1 (February 14, 2025):
“Enhancing the Efficiency of Healthcare and Elderly Care Services and Improving Productivity through ICT”
Speaker: Shinsuke Muto (Board Member, HGPI)

Session 2 (June 27, 2025):
“Extending Healthy Life Expectancy and Strengthening Preventive Care”
Speaker: Yusuke Tsugawa (Board Member, HGPI)

Session 3 (October 7, 2025):
“Reforming the Social Security System and Ensuring Intergenerational Equity”
Speaker: Kohei Onozaki (Board Member, HGPI)

Session 4 (November 11, 2025):
“Promoting Diverse Employment and Social Participation to Achieve an Inclusive Society”
Speaker: Satoko Hotta (Board Member, HGPI)

 


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