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The Japan Times on 2019-06-04 06:06

After hearing concerns, Japan won’t set target for cutting number of dementia patients after all

The government will scrap a plan to set a numerical target for reducing the number of dementia patients, bowing to pressure from patients' families and law

Shinzo Abe

Kyodo

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