Digital Transformation and Well-Aging Strategies in East Asia

Taeil Kim is a Professor at the Department of Public Administration, Korea University, and a former Director of the Institute on Aging, Korea University, South Korea.Yifan Yang is a Professor at Southwest Jiaotong University, Doctoral Supervisor, Vice Dean of the National Interdisciplinary Institute on Ageing, and a Member of the Expert Committee of the National Working Committee of Ageing, China.Naoko Iwasaki is a Professor at the Institute of Digital Government, Waseda University, Japan, and is the President of the International Academy of CIO, Japan.Fangrong He is a Research Professor at the Institute on Aging, Korea University, South Korea.

• Part 1: Rethinking Aging in the Digital Era: East Asian Perspectives1. Embracing Innovation: Exploring Digital Solutions for Aging Societies in Three East Asian countries. Taeil Kim2. Technological progress in aging society in China, Japan, and South KoreaYang Yifan and Yu Shuang3. The Integration between the Digital and Ageing SocietyNaoko IwasakiPart 2: Digital Transformation of Healthcare and Long-Term Care in East Asia4. Digital Care Policies for Aging in China: Features, Innovation, Implementation, and Market RealitiesShuangshuang Wang, Xiaofan Wei, and Xiaofeng Xu5. Digital Health Policy for Well-Aging in KoreaTaek Sik Kim6. Elderly policy (medical care, long-term care, health) in JapanYamada EijiPart 3. Digital Practices of Aging in East Asia7. Government-Enterprise-Society Collaboration: The Practice of Digital Technology Solving the Aging Dilemma in ChinaYu Song and Xinying He8. Digital Transformation of Social Services for Older People in Korea: Policy Evolution, Field Applications, and Future Challenges Yeong-ran Park9. DigiTech Innovations and Their Applications in Addressing Japan's Aging SocietyToshio ObiPart 4: Bridging the Digital Divide in Aging Societies10. Policy and Practice Exploration of Digital Literacy Education for Chinese Older AdultsYaping Hu and Shuang Yu11. Policies and Current Status of Digital Inclusion Among Older Adults in KoreaFangrong He and Taeil Kim12. Super-Aged Society and the Digital Divide in JapanNaoko IwasakiPart 5: Local Governance and Regional Inequality in Digital Aging13. China's Rural Digital Elderly Care Policy: Local Implementations and Structural InnovationsXiao Zhu and Hongping Lin14. The role of local governments in digital integration in an aging societyWooJoung Shim15. Local digitalization projects addressing the needs of aging communities in rural Japan: enabling mechanism of national policy support.Diana IshmatovaPart 6: Conclusion: Comparative Insights and Future Directions for Digital Aging in East AsiaConclusion: Implications and Future Tasks of the Three-Country Case StudyYifan Yang, Taeil Kim amd Naoko Iwasaki