Business Aug 19, 2018
Insurers bolster dementia insurance offerings as Japan grays
Insurers are competing to offer dementia insurance products and related services as Japan’s population continues to rapidly gray.
National Aug 14, 2018
Japan puts off using My Number system to scrutinize financial assets of elderly people
The government is set to push back the deadline — scheduled for late March — for working out the specifics of a plan to obtain information on elderly people's financial assets, such as savings and securities, through the My Number identification system due to ...
How-tos | LIFELINES Aug 5, 2018
How can I ensure my family isn't liable for my elderly Japanese wife's driving mishaps?
by Takashi Ito
Reader B wrote to Lifelines about his worries regarding his wife, a keen driver who is about to become an octogenarian.
Business / Corporate Jul 27, 2018
Mizuho's trust banking sector sets sights on $11 trillion held by Japan's well-heeled elderly
by Gareth Allan and Yuki Hagiwara
Mizuho Financial Group Inc.'s trust banking arm has its sights set on exactly where the wealth is in Japan: the $11 trillion held by the nation's elderly. The company has begun selling a type of trust that gives rich retirees more options for managing their ...
Editorials Jul 25, 2018
The nation must do more to protect its growing elderly population against the perils of extreme weather.
National / Science & Health Jul 25, 2018
As Japan endures record heat wave, large population of elderly at highest risk
by Maya Kaneko
When heat waves strike the nation, it is Japan's large population of elderly people who suffer the most — a situation that can only get worse as the society grays. The aged are more vulnerable than the young to heat-related illnesses such as heatstroke and ...
National | FOCUS Jul 25, 2018
Japan faces challenges as it moves to accept more foreign workers
Japan's move toward opening its doors to more foreign workers is widely seen as a must to better cope with an expected shrinkage in the working population. Potentially broadening the scope of non-Japanese workers accepted into a country that for years has kept a firm ...
National Jul 25, 2018
Heat wave killed record 65 people across Japan last week as over 22,000 were hospitalized
More than 22,000 people were taken to hospitals due to the heat wave across Japan last week and 65 of them died, both record-high figures since comparable information became available in 2008, preliminary government data showed Tuesday. The fatalities were recorded in 28 of the ...
National / Social Issues Jul 17, 2018
Japan is starting to embrace a new genre of manga featuring elderly people as the leading characters. "Sanju Mariko" is a story about Mariko, a widow and writer who at the age of sanju, Japanese for 80, sets out from the home she has shared ...
National Jul 4, 2018
The organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Games has agreed on a ticket sale price of ¥2,020 ($18) to mark the year of the competition. According to the committee's decision on Tuesday, the low-cost tickets, for preliminary-round events as well as for the opening and ...
Editorials Jun 26, 2018
Action must be taken now to ensure the supply of nursing care workers meets the rapidly rising demand.
National Jun 25, 2018
'Living labs' bring old and young together to tap community expertise
Companies, research institutes and local governments are working with people across the country to find solutions to real-life problems, especially loneliness in old age, based on the concept of a "living lab" to promote regional growth. Using a model gaining popularity worldwide that originated mainly ...