Moraine's Dream is 'A Future Where Infections Don't Keep People Apart.' Realizing Regional Revitalization in Japan by 2050 with 'Compact Smart Healthcare Cities' Centered on Healthcare
Moraine Corporation has announced its April Dream vision to revitalize Japan's rural areas by 2050 by creating 'Compact Smart Healthcare Cities' that redefine hospitals as the heart of the community.
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Moraine Corporation supports 'April Dream,' a project that makes April 1st a day to broadcast dreams. This press release represents the dream of 'Moraine Corporation.'
The dream of Moraine Corporation (Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Tsuneki Kusaba, hereinafter 'Moraine'), which provides consulting and product introductions specialized in infection control, is 'a future where infectious diseases do not keep people apart.' We will revitalize Japan's rural areas by 2050 with 'Compact Smart Healthcare Cities' centered on healthcare.
Japan's rural areas are quietly disappearing even at this moment
The 'Population Strategy Council' announced its analysis results in 2024, stating that 'between 2020 and 2050, the population of women aged 20 to 39 will decrease by more than 50% in 744 municipalities, accounting for 40% of the 1,729 municipalities nationwide, and they may disappear.' Japan's rural areas are quietly disappearing right now. As depopulation and aging accelerate, local hospitals, the last bastion supporting regional security, are falling into financial difficulties. Hospitals are essential urban functions not only as places where people can safely give birth but also for spending a comfortable old age. When a hospital disappears from a region, the population declines further, and all kinds of local services vanish. This 'negative spiral' is progressing across Japan at this very moment.
We at Moraine, as a company specializing in infection control, have built close relationships with regional medical institutions. What we see on the way to hospitals in depopulating rural areas are expanding shuttered shopping streets and deserted townscapes. The reality is that business is becoming tough for many medical facilities in these areas. If this continues, not only the 'security' of the region but the vitality of Japan itself will be lost. We hold a strong sense of crisis about this.
Reverse thinking: Redefining hospitals as the 'heart' of the city
What is needed to halt this desperate trend is perhaps 'reverse thinking.' Our dream is the creation of compact 'Smart Healthcare Cities' centered around medical facilities.
We redefine hospitals not merely as places for treatment, but as the 'heart' of the city. By arranging residences, nursing care facilities, commercial facilities, and schools around them, we secure employment. At the hospital, we watch over the health of each individual through smart healthcare utilizing IoT, AI, and robots. It is a vision where services that were divided until yesterday are gently connected by technology.
In such cities, medical and nursing care work
The dream of Moraine Corporation (Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Tsuneki Kusaba, hereinafter 'Moraine'), which provides consulting and product introductions specialized in infection control, is 'a future where infectious diseases do not keep people apart.' We will revitalize Japan's rural areas by 2050 with 'Compact Smart Healthcare Cities' centered on healthcare.
Japan's rural areas are quietly disappearing even at this moment
The 'Population Strategy Council' announced its analysis results in 2024, stating that 'between 2020 and 2050, the population of women aged 20 to 39 will decrease by more than 50% in 744 municipalities, accounting for 40% of the 1,729 municipalities nationwide, and they may disappear.' Japan's rural areas are quietly disappearing right now. As depopulation and aging accelerate, local hospitals, the last bastion supporting regional security, are falling into financial difficulties. Hospitals are essential urban functions not only as places where people can safely give birth but also for spending a comfortable old age. When a hospital disappears from a region, the population declines further, and all kinds of local services vanish. This 'negative spiral' is progressing across Japan at this very moment.
We at Moraine, as a company specializing in infection control, have built close relationships with regional medical institutions. What we see on the way to hospitals in depopulating rural areas are expanding shuttered shopping streets and deserted townscapes. The reality is that business is becoming tough for many medical facilities in these areas. If this continues, not only the 'security' of the region but the vitality of Japan itself will be lost. We hold a strong sense of crisis about this.
Reverse thinking: Redefining hospitals as the 'heart' of the city
What is needed to halt this desperate trend is perhaps 'reverse thinking.' Our dream is the creation of compact 'Smart Healthcare Cities' centered around medical facilities.
We redefine hospitals not merely as places for treatment, but as the 'heart' of the city. By arranging residences, nursing care facilities, commercial facilities, and schools around them, we secure employment. At the hospital, we watch over the health of each individual through smart healthcare utilizing IoT, AI, and robots. It is a vision where services that were divided until yesterday are gently connected by technology.
In such cities, medical and nursing care work