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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 6, 2014
Drugmakers look to push the boundaries of healthy old age
Google's ambition to defy the limits of aging has fired up interest in the field, drawing in drug companies that are already quietly pioneering research despite the regulatory and clinical hurdles that remain.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Oct 29, 2014
Town hall meetings: Abandon logic, all ye who enter here
The first thing you want to do when you get to the meeting room, whether it be summer or winter, is open all the windows. This is because you'll have to throw all logic out the window. Open as many as possible, 'cause there's a lot of logic to heave.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 22, 2014
Silver City: one man's dream of growing old in English
My friend dares to dream of a whole city for aged foreigners in Japan where everyone speaks the lingo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2014
Lawson chain set to raise age limit for hiring store managers to 65
Lawson Inc. plans to raise the age limit for hiring operations managers at its convenience stores from 55 to 65 on Tuesday to tap the expertise and experience of older people, company sources said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 28, 2014
Massachusetts monks tap ancient brewing tradition to sustain aging members
Tucked off a two-lane highway in a hilly, wooded section of central Massachusetts, a group of Roman Catholic monks has embraced a centuries-old tradition they hope can sustain their aging members in a world of rapidly rising health costs.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2014
Voting age set to fall as referendum revision hits
The revised national referendum law took effect Friday, setting the stage for the minimum voting age to drop to 18 from 20 in four years.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2014
Law enacted to lower voting age only for referendums
Lawmakers on Friday enacted a bill to revise the national referendum law to reduce its minimum voting age to 18 from 20.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2014
Japan now home to world's oldest man and woman
The world's oldest man died at the age of 111 in New York on Sunday, leaving a Japanese man, also aged 111, as the world's oldest.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2014
Want to be happy when you're old? Get a job
A Brookings Institution researchers has found 'well-being' benefits to voluntary part-time employment as well as to remaining in the workforce beyond retirement age.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 8, 2014
Age-old dilemma
American woman: I'm so old. I feel like staying in Japan is making me miss out on other things in my life.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 21, 2014
LDP eyes minimum voter age of 18 for constitutional referendums
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will try to lower the voting age for national referendums on constitutional amendments from 20 to 18, party lawmakers said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2014
Preparing for the age of disruption
By 2020, the quantity of stored data could be 50 times greater than it was in 2010. Many pundits regard this massive explosion of data as the new oil, even a new asset class.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 30, 2013
Delving into the dark side of longer life
Longevity is like prosperity — it seems an unalloyed good but on closer examination turns out not to be. Longevity spawns dementia, infirmity, loneliness and a demographic imbalance favoring the very old at the expense of the young.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 26, 2013
CSS, Makoto Ozone and Shonen Knife get a round of shows in before New Year's
With the year winding down and the holiday season approaching, the concert scene in Japan gets pretty quiet. Although there will be a few international acts headed here in the middle of December, your best shot for a live performance might be checking out local acts before they go into hibernation for New Year's holidays.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2013
LDP panel on Constitution abandons hoped-for minimum age of 18 for referendum votes
A Liberal Democratic Party panel on constitutional revision agreed Thursday on a bill to allow citizens aged 20 or above to vote in national referendums, abandoning its initial hope of setting the minimum threshold at 18.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2013
A dream for the digital age: Internet access for all
Giving the five billion people who still stuck in the paper age digital access would transform their lives in a very positive way.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2013
Panel plans age limit for IVF treatment aid
A health ministry panel plans to limit public aid for in vitro fertilization to women up to 42 years old, given that its success rate diminishes for those approaching 40.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 19, 2013
Google's big hitters' most ambitious predictions yet
When, in early 2011, Eric Schmidt stepped aside from his position as Google's CEO to become the company's executive chairman, some of us were reminded of Dean Acheson's famous gibe about postwar Britain — which had "lost an empire but not yet found a role." What would Dr. Schmidt's new role be, and when would he find it?
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2013
Panel agrees raising cattle age limit for domestic BSE inspections
An expert panel of the Food Safety Commission agrees that raising the age limit for domestic cattle to be tested for mad cow disease to 48 months old, up from 30 months at present, would not have negative health effects.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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