When my grandpa was little, he didn’t think he would live past 80. His own grandfather was the oldest in his village at that ...

The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York City – as the east Asian country continues to struggle with its ...

TOKYO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a ...

Ministry data reports that there are nearly 100,000 people in Japan who are 100 years of age or older, with women making up ...

TSUKUBA, Japan -- In America and other aging societies around the world, it has become common for the elderly to be cared for by their graying children or older workers. That's largely because the ...

Japan has hit a new record with nearly 100,000 centenarians, marking the 55th consecutive year of growth. Women make up 88% of those over 100. Experts credit diet, active lifestyles, and public health ...

Japan's population has declined for the 15th consecutive year, according to new government statistics. Last year, Japan's "super-aged society" saw just under 730,000 births, a record low, and a record ...

Tokyo (CNN) — More than 10% of Japan’s population is now age 80 or older, the government said Monday, the latest worrying milestone in the rapidly graying country’s demographic crisis. According to ...

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 51, No. 4 (April 2009), pp. 456-461 (6 pages) Objective: To examine the effect of annual health checkups on medical expenditures in Japanese ...

TOKYO — The world is getting older. Fast. By 2050, the global population of those age 65 and older is projected to nearly double to 1.6 billion. This global graying has given birth to a new phrase: ...