Today we had a lecture about the aging society and social security reform in Japan. Japan is facing a huge increase in people over the age of 65 over the next 50 years and a declining population which will be under 100 million in the same time period. In this time 1 out of ever 2.5 people will be over the age of 65 and their population under 18 will be about 7% of the total. These issues will put a strain on their social security system and labor supply.
In the afternoon we went to Roppongi Hills where the Tokyo tower is located and a major upscale shopping area. There was also a cool sculpture of a spider in the area. We met up with some of the Japanese students and they took us to a sandwich and cake store for lunch. I had a BLT with back that was probably close to a centimeter thick (pictured). It was amazing! They do not have the same type of bacon that we have it is much thicker but from the same type of cut. We went to a contemporary art museum called the Mori art museum
(building pictured). It was on the 52nd floor of the building. It was a pretty nice museum that had many different exhibits. One of my favorites was a large concrete wall that looked like a cannon ball went through it and all of the shards were suspended in the air behind the wall.
After the museum they had an observation area that went a full 360 degrees of the city that we walked around. The city has many interesting buildings and some great architecture (pictured) After this we went back to the hotel and we explored the neighborhood. There are many small restaurants in the area and bookstores.
That night we went to an Italian place near our hotel and I got a pizza with ham, spinach, mushroom, and an egg in the middle of it. I wanted to try it as I probably would never have pizza and egg again, it was surprisingly good.
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