The Current Affairs Japan Research Institute and the Current Affairs Silver Market Research Society said they will hold the 2026 Korea-Japan silver market outlook forum under the theme "2026 Korea-Japan silver market outlook" at 2 p.m. on Jan. 16, 2026, in Room 505, Building 310, Chung-Ang University, Dongjak-gu, Seoul.
Korea enters its second year as a super-aged society in 2026. As low growth and a super-aged society take hold, new economic and social phenomena not seen before are emerging. The forum is a venue to hear the latest cases from Japan's silver market, which has experienced a super-aged society 20 years earlier than Korea, and to find the direction Korea should take. Specifically, it aims to create new business opportunities in the silver market, where growth is expected, and to build a desirable super-aged society together.
Moderated by Chung-Ang University Professor Lee Jeong-hee (chair of the Silver Market Research Society, economics), speakers will include Japan-Korea aging-society comparative researcher Professor Ryu Jae-gwang (Kanda University of International Studies), Caring CEO Kim Tae-seong, and Mirae Asset Securities Executive Director Kim Dong-yeop.
Professor Ryu Jae-gwang will give a lecture on "The 2026 outlook for Japan's silver industry and regional revitalization." Ryu said, "As the Dankai generation, Japan's baby boomers, all enter late old age at 75 or older in 2025, Japan will enter a new phase of a super-aged society starting in 2026," adding, "In this forum, focusing on senior living, I will address changes in Japan's silver market and the current state of regional issues, and present concrete implications for Korea."
CEO Kim Tae-seong will address "The 2026 outlook and challenges for Korea's silver industry." Kim said, "In 2026, in Korea's silver industry, care-related companies are expected to move toward AX (advancing care services using artificial intelligence) to respond to rapid aging," adding, "The integrated care services promoted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare are expected to expand in earnest."
Lastly, Executive Director Kim Dong-yeop will share "Strategies to prepare for life after retirement in the era of 100-year lifespans." Kim said, "As we enter a super-aged society, strategy matters more than frugality to prepare safely for a longer post-retirement life," and plans to present five strategies for retirement preparation and explain concrete cases. The five strategies Kim presented are: ▲ creating lifetime paychecks, ▲ a severance management method that reduces taxes and increases pensions, ▲ whether to take the National Pension early, delay it, or take it on time, ▲ how to reduce health insurance premiums after retirement, and ▲ whether to pass assets to children during one's lifetime or through inheritance.
The forum is limited to 100 participants and will close on a first-come, first-served basis.