Professor Naoki Kondo

Naoki Kondo is the vice chief investigator of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) investigating community and social environments that promote healthy and equitable longevity, including the prevention of non-communicable diseases, social isolation, loneliness, and the creation of Ikigai (purpose in life), among other factors contributing to well-being. His recent research addresses health and well-being inequality in community settings, conducting intervention studies with local and central governments using “community-diagnosis” data.

Naoki is a member of the Clinical Consortium on Healthy Ageing and a core member of the Global Network on Long-Term Care at the World Health Organization. He holds multiple roles as committee members and advisors for parliamentary groups and the Japanese Government, including serving on the committee for tackling social isolation and loneliness in the Cabinet Secretariat.