Dream - The Ministry of Welfare of Japan estimates that the elderly population (Lansia) will reach its peak in 2040. Anticipating this condition, Japan estimates that it will face a shortage of approximately 570 thousand nurses.

The Ministry collects the number of caregivers estimated to be needed by 47 prefectural governments in Japan, including Tokyo and Hokkaido. This need coincides with the review of the long-term care insurance system conducted every three years.

The Tokyo metropolitan government, for example, estimates that 258 thousand nurses will be needed in fiscal year 2040, compared to 182 thousand in fiscal year 2022.

he translation of the text while preserving the HTML tags is as follows: Projections of national deficits in fiscal year 2040 are smaller than previous estimates in fiscal year 2021, indicating that 2.8 million caregivers, or approximately 690,000 more than in fiscal year 2019, will be needed

"Japan will also face population issues. According to estimates from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research and other sources, the working-age population, or those aged between 15 and 64 years old, will decline from 73.95 million in 2023 to 62.13 million in 2040."