Akita's population is aging faster than Japan's national average. Deaths caused by cancer and cerebrovascular disease are also above average.

We are focusing on taking preventative measures to reduce lifestyle diseases by educating all age groups in the hope that they will live healthier lives as children, adults, and in old age.

We offer jobs, volunteer work, and continuing education for the elderly and handicapped to increase their opportunities to participate in society. We are also working to establish a barrier-free environment by constructing safer buildings, roads, and houses.

In medical areas, we are developing community medicine and promoting emergency and specialized service systems.

Moreover, we plan to offer more welfare services using existing facilities such as unused classrooms in schools. This will bring the services closer to people's homes, increasing their opportunity to make use of them.