{
  "id": 8254345,
  "title": "Japan Mulls Higher Nursing Care Premiums for High-Income Elderly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/japan-mulls-higher-nursing-care-premiums-for-high-income-elderly",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-18T12:55:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026091800942/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japan's welfare ministry on Friday began considering a plan to raise nursing care insurance premiums for high-income earners aged 65 or older from fiscal 2027. The proposal was submitted to a subcommittee of the Social Security Council, which advises the welfare minister, the same day. The review comes as higher public pension payments are causing low-income ea...",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}