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LBO Focus: Japan’s Aging Population Burnishes Health Deals

LBO Focus: Japan’s Aging Population Burnishes Health Deals

  • septiembre 06, 2016
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LBO Focus: Japan’s Aging Population Burnishes Health Deals

Jim Verbeeten, a partner with Bain & Company's Tokyo office, said the Japanese government realizes the country lacks a sufficient capacity of nursing homes and senior-care facilities. For the past five years, the government has worked to incentivize the private sector to take on the task of building nursing homes and other such health-care facilities. To attract this kind of development, the government has provided subsidies for the construction costs of new facilities as well as discounts on property taxes, he said.

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