Suicides down in 2015 in Japan but numbers still serious among young, elderly
Suicides in Japan decreased for the sixth straight year in 2015, though it remains a serious problem among the elderly and younger generations, according to a government report released Tuesday. The percentage of suicides committed by both elderly and young people rose compared with numbers ...
As other Asian nations face problems with aging, Japan plans to export nursing care system
The government plans to launch a project this summer to export Japan's nursing care system and reap profits by helping other Asian countries such as China and Thailand cope with their rapidly aging populations, according to government sources. The Abe administration views medical and nursing ...
China should invest more for care of elderly, Xi tells Politburo meeting
China should increase investment in care for the elderly, President Xi Jinping told a meeting of the country's top leaders on its aging population, official Xinhua News Agency reported. "Our policies measures, work base, institutional mechanisms, and so forth are still deficient, leading to a ...
Elderly fall victim to Net trouble via smartphones: white paper
Consumer consultation centers across Japan received a record 90,893 inquiries about smartphone-related services in fiscal 2015, the government said Tuesday, pointing in particular to problems experienced by elderly people. Over the past year through March, the number of inquiries pertaining to smartphones shot up 30 ...
Japan's struggling bathhouses turning to day care, entertainment to stay afloat
The era of the sento (bathhouse) was back when private homes lacked bathtubs. Today, scrabbling for survival, sento operators are branching out into services such as day care for the elderly or using the buildings as venues for public storytelling. In late April, 11 elderly customers, ...
Japan sketches out action plan to address wage disparity and low pay for care workers
Tokyo adopts a draft blueprint to narrow the wage gap between regular and nonregular workers and address other problems of the aging society.
G-7 summit may put Japan's depopulation woes in limelight
In a town just a stone throw from the site of the Group of Seven summit taking center stage next week in Shima, Mie Prefecture, a crisis is afoot: the depopulation of a once vibrant community. The elderly who live in Daiochofunakoshi, a 20-minute drive ...
Elderly driver rams security guard before crashing into building in Kinshicho
An 83-year-old driver rammed a Marui department store security guard in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, before taking him on its hood across a busy eight-lane street and crashing into a building. The incident, which occurred Sunday, left the guard, 45, with a severe head injury and ...
A Tokyo stock picker watches his nation age
It's an early weekday morning in Tokyo and the Japanese pub is already filled with a boisterous clientele, mostly pensioners. Sitting among them is Kengo Kuzuhara, taking notes. The 41-year-old wants to know how his elders spend their cash, as he runs a stock fund ...
Elderly siblings quizzed after woman's mummified corpse found in their shared Sapporo home
The partially mummified corpse of a 64-year-old woman was found in a rental home in Sapporo, police said Thursday, adding they questioned her older sister and brother who shared the dwelling and got inconsistent responses. The dead woman, whose identity has not been released, was ...
Over 15,000 elderly people found using unauthorized nursing homes
A survey finds that at least 15,000 seniors are living in unauthorized nursing homes across Japan, raising concerns about their health and safety.
Police release likeness of woman found dead in Tokyo Station locker a year ago
A year after an elderly woman's body was found stuffed in a yellow suitcase in a locker at JR Tokyo Station, police on Tuesday released a reproduced portrait of the woman as well as the suitcase itself. The Metropolitan Police Department's Marunouchi Police Station will ...
