Experts fret over risks of consumer scams as age of adulthood lowered in Japan
As of April, 18- and 19-year-olds will, for instance, be able to take out loans or make investments, purchase cellphones or buy various services over the internet.
Japan is set to lower the legal age of adulthood. How will young people be affected?
From April, those age 18 and 19 in Japan will be legal adults and will be given more freedom in making life choices without parental consent — but not without criminal responsibilities.
Many retirees have a big problem. It isn’t what you think.
Financial advisers say too many of their clients don't actually spend enough of the money they have squirreled away, scrimping more than they need to.
Kane Tanaka at 119 has lived during the Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei and current Reiwa eras
Japanese octogenarian skateboarder learns new tricks
81-year-old Yoshio Kinoshita has mastered a number of tricks, and recommends skateboarding as a way to prevent dementia.
IBM sued for age discrimination after firing over 20,000 staff over 40 in six years
A class-action lawsuit was filed this week on behalf of three former IBM employees who say the tech giant discriminated against them based on their age when it fired them. "Over the last several years, IBM has been in the process of systematically laying off ...
Japan's Diet OKs law lowering age of adulthood to 18
The Diet passes a package of amendments that — for the first time in 140 years — includes a measure lowering adulthood to 18 years old from the current 20.
Japanese packed with phrases for the ages
The Japanese language certainly has no shortage of age-related terms, and the subject can pop up in almost any context.
The oldest man in the nation, Masamitsu Yoshida, has died at the ripe old age of 112, the welfare ministry announced. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry was informed of the Ota Ward resident's death on Oct. 29 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Wednesday, ...
Civics classes a must before lowering age of majority to 18, surveys say
With plans afoot to lower the age of adulthood to 18 from 20, following the drop in the legal voting age last year, many Japanese, particularly those in their late teens, seem unprepared for the societal shift. In fact, a majority of Japan's teenagers do ...
Japan's oldest woman dies at 115; Kagoshima resident now record holder
The oldest person in Japan, a Tokyo woman born on March 15, 1900, died Sunday at the age of 115, the welfare ministry said Monday. With the passing of the woman, whose name is being withheld at the request of her family, Nabi Tajima, a ...
Japan ranks eighth in global survey on well-being of elderly
Japan was rated eighth in a global ranking of the social and economic well-being of elderly people in a survey released Wednesday. It lagged Switzerland, which topped the list, and a number of other European countries and Canada. However, it came first in the health category ...
