Senior Citizens Club - Roujin Club

Japanese: 老人クラブ - ろうじんクラブ

A voluntary organization whose members are elderly people. It was formed around 1950 with the aim of making life after retirement healthy and rich, and increasing the meaning of life, by taking advantage of the members' wealth of knowledge and experience to participate in various activities in the local community. Its main activities include community service, holding educational courses for the elderly, and health promotion projects. In the Elderly Welfare Law and the New 10-Year Plan for Promoting Health and Welfare for the Elderly (New Gold Plan) formulated in 1994, it was positioned as an organization promoting welfare for the elderly (social participation and meaning of life measures). In 1962, the National Federation of Senior Citizens' Clubs, a national organization, was launched.

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Japanese:

高齢者を会員とする自主的な組織。1950年頃，豊かな知識と経験をいかして地域社会における諸活動に参加することにより，老後の生活を健全で豊かなものとし，生きがいを高めようという目的で結成された。おもな活動内容は社会奉仕，老人教養講座の開催，健康増進事業など。老人福祉法や 1994年策定の新・高齢者保健福祉推進 10ヵ年計画（新ゴールドプラン）において，高齢者の福祉（社会参加・生きがい対策）の推進組織として位置づけられた。1962年には全国組織である全国老人クラブ連合会が発足した。

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