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

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