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Our training textbooks are now available on note

The comprehensive training textbook (10 volumes, complete edition, in Japanese), the placement consultant training textbook (4 volumes, complete edition, in Japanese), in-house training licenses and the English edition can now be purchased individually on note. You can download the PDF right after payment, and the table of contents and part of each product can be read free before you buy.

※ All prices include tax. Prices and purchase links for each product are also listed on our Publications & Training page. The English edition is also sold on Gumroad (in US dollars) for customers outside Japan.

NEW RELEASE

The English edition of our textbook
is now on sale at Gumroad

The English edition of our Senior End-of-Life Planning Business Comprehensive Training Textbook (Annotated Edition, 2026), titled Senior End-of-Life Planning Textbook, is sold as a PDF on Gumroad, a digital storefront that accepts purchases from around the world. It is designed for overseas companies, investors, and consulting and research firms studying Japan’s senior and end-of-life planning market.

Cover of the Senior End-of-Life Planning Textbook (English edition), Complete Edition

Editions available (PDF, English)

※ Each purchase is licensed for one individual. To share within your organization or use it for training, please ask us about a team license.

ENGLISH ANNOUNCEMENT

Now Available on Gumroad: Senior End-of-Life Planning Textbook (English Edition)

Next Co., Ltd. has released the English edition of its training textbook on Japan’s senior and end-of-life planning (shukatsu) market, The Senior End-of-Life Planning Business Comprehensive Training Textbook (Annotated Edition, 2026). It is now available as a PDF on Gumroad, a digital storefront that accepts payments from customers worldwide.

 

Japan is one of the most aged societies in the world. 36.24 million people, or 29.6% of the population, are aged 65 or over, and about 1.6 million people die each year. Long-term care, senior housing, money, inheritance and funerals now form one connected market. This textbook explains that market from the big picture down to day-to-day practice, pairing each figure with clear commentary. Laws, programs and statistics are current as of October 2026.

WHAT’S INSIDE

  • Part 1: The big picture of Japan’s older population and end-of-life planning

  • Part 2: Market structure, business opportunities and the business models of core businesses

  • Part 3: The market’s building blocks: people, products, services, money and credentials

  • Part 4: Essentials of end-of-life planning services, including funerals, graves, inheritance, real estate, estate cleanouts and digital estates

  • Part 5: Care facility placement consulting in practice, with seven case studies modeled on real consultations

 

WHO IT’S FOR

  • Companies exploring market entry, partnerships or M&A in Japan’s senior care and end-of-life services

  • Investors, consulting and research firms conducting market studies or due diligence

  • Teams that need to explain the Japanese market to overseas partners or group companies

EDITIONS AND PRICES (PDF, ENGLISH)

 

HOW TO BUY

Click an edition above to buy it instantly on Gumroad. Each product page includes sample pages from the book. You can also browse all editions here: nextcorporation.gumroad.com

 

TEAM LICENSES AND TRAINING

Each purchase is licensed for use by one individual. To share the textbook within your organization or use it as training material, please ask us about a team license. We also provide training and business development support for companies looking at Japan. Contact us (inquiries in English are welcome).

FREE DOWNLOAD

Free to read: cover of Vol. 1 of the Senior End-of-Life Planning Business Comprehensive Training Textbook (Annotated Edition)

Part 1 of our training textbook,
now free to read.

Senior End-of-Life Planning Business: Comprehensive Training Textbook
Annotated Edition, Vol. 1
“The Big Picture of Japan’s Older Population and End-of-Life Planning”

2026 edition (laws and statistics as of October 2026) / PDF, 25 pages, in Japanese

Part 1 of our paid training textbook series (10 volumes) is completely free to read. It gives you the big picture that every end-of-life planning business starts from, with the latest data and clear diagrams.

  • Where Japan’s older population stands today, in key data (as of October 2026)

  • Life events in later life and customer profiles

  • Five customer journeys (case examples)

  • How active seniors live: work, health and leisure

Japanese only. For English readers: our English edition is on Gumroad →

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※ Our training textbooks are paid materials. Please do not copy, republish or distribute their content without permission.

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