Japanese 89-year-old Tomiji Suzuki started coding in retirement and is now making apps for the fast-growing elderly demographic. So far Suzuki has developed 11 free iPhone apps to help Japan's ageing population, including his latest: a slideshow of items to remember when leaving the house, from a wallet and hearing aids to patient registration cards.
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00:00I like to make things and I like new things, so I found out that I could make my own apps.
00:07On top of that, if I could do that, I would be able to sell them all over the world.
00:14I would be able to sell them all over the world.
00:19I would be able to sell them all over the world.
00:25On top of that, if I could do that, I would be able to sell them all over the world.
00:31I thought this was a great appeal.
00:37It took me a long time to prove that it was true.
00:49When I ask young people to make my own apps,
00:55I think that the first thing they say is that they can't use them.
00:59I think that young people don't understand that there are needs like this,
01:03and that seniors expect this from them.
01:09I think that young people don't understand that there are needs like this,
01:16and that seniors expect this from them.
01:29I think that young people don't understand that there are needs like this,
01:34and that seniors expect this from them.
01:48When I go out, I always ask my wife,
01:54Do you have a smartphone?
01:58Do you have a driver's license?
02:01When I hear that, I think to myself,
02:06When I hear that, I think to myself,