Dasshutsu Rojin Philippines Iju Ni Saigo No Jinsei Wo Kakeru Nipponjin Tachi (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] They chose to escape from Japan, hoping to live a happy retirement in the Philippines, where the weather is warm all year round, the cost of living is one-third to one-fifth of that of Japan, and age difference marriages are commonplace, rather than spend their lonely and poor retirement years in Japan. Is there really a "retirement paradise" in the Philippines? A former businessman who lives with his wife and children in a slum eating potato leaves, a couple who moved to the Philippines without nuclear power plants after the Great East Japan Earthquake, a son who cares for his mother with a maid who suffers from dementia, a former teacher who chose to die alone on a "beautiful island".... The Ken Kaiko Nonfiction Award-winning author has written a shocking nonfiction book that thoroughly reports on the roller coaster lives of various "Escapees" (the elderly who have escaped from Japan).

日本で寂しく貧しい老後を過ごすなら、一年中温暖、物価は日本の三～五分の一、年の差婚は当たり前のフィリピンで幸せな老後を送りたいと、日本脱出の道を選んだ高齢者たち。はたして「老後の楽園」は本当にあるのか。スラムで芋の葉を食べて妻子と暮らす元大手企業サラリーマン、東日本大震災を機に原発のないフィリピンに移住した夫婦、認知症の母をメイドと介護する息子、「美しい島」で孤独死を選んだ元教師...。様々な「脱出老人」のジェットコースター人生を、開高健ノンフィクション賞作家が、徹底取材した衝撃のノンフィクション。