Radar · Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care in Japan
Best Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Companies in Japan
The 45 best Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies in Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: AgeWellJapan.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
45companies tracked
$1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
1have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · REHABILITATION AND LONG-TERM CARE × JAPAN
Our analysis of 50 Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies
$2.4b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
83%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2005median founding year
50median Fliar Index™
Ranked: Best Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies in Japan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AgeWellJapan Provider of long-term care and support for the aging population with customized programs based on individual… | $1M | 15 mo ago | Seed | Madoka Akagi CEO | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — |
| 2 | Akiseitaiin Standalone outpatient physical therpay center | — | — | Deadpooled | Tomiyama CEO & Director | 2018 | — | — |
| 3 | Altidea Provider of long-term care and welfare services such as visiting homes and moving-in facilities based in… | — | — | Private | — | 2000 | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | — |
| 4 | As Partners Provider of senior care facilities including nursing homes, day services, and short-stay programs | — | — | Public | Takeshi Uemura CEO & President | 2004 | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
| 5 | Bonsejour Operator of a nursing home chain for senior citizens. The company operates home-visit nursing care… | — | — | Acquired | — | 2008 | — | — |
| 6 | Care Medical Chain of rehabilitation and long-term care centers | — | — | Funding Raised | Naohiro Nishitani CEO | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — |
| 7 | CareSpace Digital care planning and management tool for nursing care | — | — | Funding Raised | Ryo Miura CEO | 2020 | — | — |
| 8 | Cedar Provider of rehabilitation-focused elderly care services | — | — | Public | Takayasu Oda CEO & President | 1981 | WordPressMySQLPHP+3 | — |
Top 1 Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies in Japan
#1
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2020$1Mraised▾
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2020
AgeWellJapan is a company that provides long-term care and support for the aging population by drawing out the latent needs of each individual. They aim to create a new super-aging society by creating a space for discovery and challenge as a partner for the senior generation.
Funding rounds
- May 2025Seed$2.2M
- Dec 2023Seed$445.2K
- Aug 2021Seed$595.6K
Founders & team
Investors
Z Venture Capital, ANRI, JFC, Daiichi Kangyo Credit Union, Kiraboshi Bank, Uneri
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGsapHubspot
Funding & investor landscape
$1Mtotal disclosed funding
1companies funded
3disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · Japan · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,004,238 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Japan
How research on Longevity & Aging is moving in Japan
A read on the academic research around Longevity & Aging — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,925 Japan-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 20% → 26% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- The University of Tokyo145
- Kyoto University125
- Keio University91
- Korea University83
- The University of Osaka63
leading researchers
Jun Araya · Ippei Shimizu · Koji Ikeda · Yoshiyuki Ikeda · Yuichi Sasaki · Yuichi Akasaki · D. Craig Willcox · Goro Katsuumi
▲
Breakthroughs410 · 21%
▼ 23%→21% share
▼0.9× share momentum10 median citations55% since 2021mostly empirical
Breakthroughs are cooling (23%→21% of field), led by Senescence.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Senescence53→150
- Cell biology39→87
- Cellular senescence3→21
- Inflammation3→16
- Phenotype8→17
Newly emergingImmune system 0→11 · DNA methylation 0→8 · Intracellular 0→6
Landmark Autophagy mediates the mitotic senescence transition · 1,070 cites
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Advancements945 · 49%
▲ 48%→49% share
▲1.0× share momentum9 median citations56% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (48%→49% of field), led by Senescence.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Senescence103→325
- Cell biology42→104
- Inflammation10→42
- Cellular senescence3→34
- Cancer research10→35
Newly emergingNeuroscience 0→11 · Microglia 0→10 · Extracellular matrix 0→7
Landmark FOXO3A genotype is strongly associated with human longevity · 970 cites
▼
Concerns191 · 10%
▼ 10%→9% share
▼0.9× share momentum7 median citations53% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (10%→9% of field), led by Senescence.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Senescence18→47
- Gerontology4→17
- Cell biology6→12
- Life expectancy1→7
- Cellular senescence2→7
Landmark Silver nanoparticles have lethal and sublethal adverse effects on development and longevity by inducing ROS-mediated str · 312 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Japan
Where longevity is researched across Japan
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Tokyo344 · +0.48
Kyoto175 · +0.52
Osaka128 · +0.50
Tsukuba92 · +0.54
Nagoya87 · +0.49
Kobe70 · +0.45
Fukuoka69 · +0.39
Sendai56 · +0.41
Sapporo53 · +0.54
PATENT SIGNAL · Japan
Who's filing longevity patents in Japan
Japan longevity patent filing is accelerating — 31 filings from 35 assignees (2016–2025), led by Shiseido, KAO, Saisei Pharma; annual filings 3→6.
31 filings35 assigneespeak 6/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Shiseido13
- KAO9
- Saisei Pharma5
- Zenyaku Kogyo KK4
- Toshiba Memory4
- Kioxia4
- Suntory Holdings3
- Fujitsu3
Common questions
How many Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies are there in Japan?
Radar tracks 45 indexable Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies headquartered in Japan that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies in Japan?
The Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies in Japan on this list have raised a combined $1M in disclosed equity funding across 1 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care company in Japan?
AgeWellJapan is the highest-funded Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care company in Japan, with $1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies in Japan are funded?
1 of the 45 Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies in Japan on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care unicorns are there in Japan?
None of the Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies in Japan on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Japan Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies?
The most active investors in Japan Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care companies on this list include ACA Investments, ANRI, Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko, Central Japan Seed Fund, Daiichi Kangyo Credit Union.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.