Japan has 'no time to lose' to avert a healthcare crisis, minister says

What happened: Japan's health minister Kenichiro Ueno warned the country has "no time to lose" to avert a healthcare crisis as the population ages and the worker pool supporting its universal insurance system shrinks. Why it matters: Ueno called demographic change the medical system's "biggest" challenge, pointing to pressure on the insurance system as the number of workers supporting it declines.

Japan's health minister Kenichiro Ueno warned the country has "no time to lose" to avert a healthcare crisis as the population ages and the worker pool supporting its universal insurance system shrinks.

Ueno called demographic change the medical system's "biggest" challenge, pointing to pressure on the insurance system as the number of workers supporting it declines.