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What Texas can learn from Japanese cities that give technology to its senior citizens
Summary by Denton News Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: By Terri Langford The Texas Tribune , as published by Denton Record-Chronicle
· June 28, 2026
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TOKYO — In Shibuya, home to one of Tokyo’s busiest train stations and shopping destinations, seniors can choose a monitoring service and the city will install it and pay for the service subscription for up to a year.
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