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Rapidly ageing Japan’s ‘macho carers’ lend muscles to benefit elderly, disabled
South China Morning Post

Rapidly ageing Japan’s ‘macho carers’ lend muscles to benefit elderly, disabled

With his broad smile, Tatsumi Hokuto helps an elderly woman in a Japanese care home almost effortlessly to her feet and makes sure she is steady. At first glance, Hokuto cuts an unlikely figure for a carer role: a powerfully built 27-year-old in tight leggings and a black singlet, with the physique of a dedicated bodybuilder. But for Nagoya-based Visionary, a company that operates nursing and care facilities across Japan, that contrast is precisely the point. Visionary’s “macho carers” like...

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