Can AI Play A Useful Role In Nursing Care? This Tokyo Startup Is Leading The Way

Tokyo AI company Exawizards is using deep learning to analyze unstructured nursing care data such as audio and video recordings. Faced with a rapidly aging population, Japan is turning to new solutions for a many-faceted problem. Amid a low birthrate, more than one-fifth of Japanese are now 70 or older, according to government data. Meanwhile, there are not enough people to care for this cohort. By 2025, there will be a shortfall of 340,000 nursing care workers. Under the Abe administration, Japan has actively welcomed foreign professionals as one measure to address this issue.