Keywords: 100-Year Life Era, Financial Digitalization, Climate Change and Finance, Financial Literacy
We are approaching a super-aged society often referred to as the 100-year life era, but it seems that only the negative aspects, such as labor shortages and regional decline, are being emphasized. Considering the next few decades, not only in Japan but especially in many countries and regions in Asia, the rapid advancement of aging is expected to be certain.
In this regard, by integrating Japan's strengths in robotics and automation technology with financial support, there is a great opportunity to globally build a market for products and services that address aging in fields such as healthcare, nursing care, shopping, and transportation. Utilizing popular anime technology could also make even inorganic robots more vibrant.
Additionally, behaviors such as refraining from consumption (increasing precautionary savings) due to future anxieties are being observed. The uncertainty of the future may stem from two types: the "inevitable uncertainty" that everyone experiences and the "uncertainty due to lack of knowledge," which is caused by a deficiency in correct financial knowledge (literacy). In this context, promoting financial education to enhance financial literacy could be an effective measure to eliminate the latter type of uncertainty and contribute to the sustainable growth of the Japanese economy.