At least 68 people died during the winter – all but 10 of them over 65 – when record-breaking snow hit the country’s north.

Japan’s loneliness epidemic is intensifying as solo living rises due to urbanization, work pressure, and delayed marriages.

Cycling might be one of the simplest ways for older adults to stay healthier, longer. A 10-year study in Japan found that seniors who rode bicycles had lower risks of needing long-term care and ...

NAGOYA -- Mahjong, once associated with smoky rooms, alcohol and all-night gambling, is experiencing a resurgence in ...

NTT Docomo Inc.'s long-running third-generation mobile network service in Japan will end on March 31. After that, any devices ...

A Yakult Lady might work 4 days a week, visiting between 30 and 50 houses, stopping at times to chat and inquire after a person's wellbeing.

Every G7 nation's fertility rate dropped below replacement levels in the 1970s. Fifty years later, the pension bill is coming due, and organizations are not ready.

Population aging is no longer seen as a social welfare burden, but as a potential new economic space. HCMC is positioning the development of a silver economy ecosystem as a strategy to maintain ...

Delhi Assembly Speaker urges the lieutenant governor to install audible signals at traffic lights to aid visually impaired ...

Despite signs of progress, Punch still spends stretches of time alone and occasionally faces rough play from older monkeys.

Mieko Kawakami’s novel “Sisters in Yellow” follows a group of dreaming and scheming young women through society’s margins.

Happier Japanese adults live longer, according to a new study published in Health Psychology, which found that people who ...