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1993.10.04 :  U.S.-Japan Joint Commission on Aging

Contact:  David Hohman (202) 690-6174
October 4, 1993

     HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today announced the U.S.
members of the newly formed U.S.-Japan Joint Commission on Aging.
     The 18-member commission was established by the Global
Partnership Plan of Action adopted at the U.S.-Japan summit
meeting in January 1992.
     "This commission is being formed to provide a framework to
address a broad range of issues related to aging populations,"
said Secretary Shalala.  "Important opportunities exist for
cooperation between the United States and Japan on specific
diseases, disabilities and other conditions that may be
associated with aging, as well as the complex social, cultural
and economic impacts of an aging population on both countries.  
     "The commission will exchange information about existing
activities related to aging in the public and private sectors of
both countries, and identify possible opportunities of mutual
benefit."
     The joint commission will be chaired on the U.S. side by 
Dr. Philip R. Lee, HHS assistant secretary for health, who
directs the U.S. Public Health Service.   Other U.S. members of
the commission are:
     Fernando M. Torres-Gil   
     Assistant Secretary for Aging
     Department of Health and Human Services

     Bruce C. Vladeck
     Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration
     Department of Health and Human Services

     Richard J. Hodes, M.D.
     Director, National Institute on Aging
     National Institutes of Health
     Department of Health and Human Services

     Dennis Hayashi
     Director
     Office for Civil Rights
     Department of Health and Human Services

     Dr. Harry A. Scarr
     Acting Director
     Bureau of the Census
     Department of Commerce

     Robert Butler, M.D.
     Brookdale Professor and Chairman
     Department of Geriatrics and
      Adult Development
     Director, International Leadership
      Center on Longevity and Society (U.S.)
     The Mt. Sinai Medical Center
     New York

     Sandra Mori
     Executive Secretary
     City of San Francisco Health Commission

     Diane Rowland, Sc.D.
     Senior Vice President
     Kaiser Family Foundation

     The names of the Japanese members of the joint commission
will be announced by Japanese Health and Welfare Minister Keigo
Ouchi in Tokyo.
     The joint commission is expected to meet on an annual basis. 
Its first meeting is scheduled for Oct. 28-29 in Washington, D.C.