When you think about the aging society, "housing" is one of the important poi nts. Mr. Yosifumi Higuchi, a member of SCNS and an authorized architect, has p roposed to build a so-called "Neighborhood Family House ". His proposal was in troduced in Kahoku-shinpo on April 4th. He proposed to establish a new system not only for housing the aged but also for supporting the local aging society. He says "I want to create an example of success by ourselves. I greatly welc ome anyone who will tackle this challenge task together with us. " A brief re port of an interview with Mr.Higuchi is available in "Data Base" on this home page. It is worth reading.

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