How will Japan’s aging population severely stress its medical resources and facilities in the face of an impending ‘silver tsunami,’ according to healthcare officials and labor experts?

Nissan’s new strategy, revealed by Hiroto Saikawa, its new president: zero emissions from its cars by 2050 in Japan and other markets outside the United States, and by 2060 in the U.S. In Japan, the company will follow the example of Nissan Motor Company leader Takao Asano, who purchased 11 disused gas stations and turned them into recharging centers for its Leaf electric cars. Nissan’s new investment plan includes 3.6 billion euros within three years, and 12 billion euros within five years, to be spent over the next five years, including 1.5 billion euros for other alliances in China and Britain. The investment plan includes over 70 billion yen for EVs, with a production target of 60,000 cars annually by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021. A new 187,000-square-meter battery plant will be built in southern Japan, half-owned with Panasonic.

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