The rest of the ageing world would do well to learn some lessons from Japan.<p>For example, providing ready access to clean public toilets ? Tick.<p>But also in terms of transport being prepared for the elderly. The Shinkanzen famously only makes brief stops at intermediate stations, sometimes as short as 60 seconds. And yet on multiple occasions now, I've witnessed elderly people in wheelchairs being efficiently onloaded/offloaded from the train well within that 60 second limit.<p>I'm sure, like all countries, Japan is not perfect. But right now, I think I'm fairly safe in saying they are ahead of the game in elderly care.