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TOKYO (Reuters) -
Tokyo businesses are to start offering
benefits to elderly people who give up their drivers' licences,
backing a police effort to cut back on the ballooning number of
traffic accidents caused by drivers over 65.
Among more than 30 special offers, one small bank will give
higher interest rates, while Mitsukoshi department store chain
plans to provide free delivery from its Tokyo stores and a
hotel will offer a 10 percent discount on meals in a program
starting next month, Tokyo police said on their Web site.
Japan has the largest proportion of over-65s in the world
and faces a growing problem with elderly drivers, who caused
100,000 traffic accidents last year, about twice the figure 10
years earlier, broadcaster NHK said.
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