The agriculture ministry plans to establish a new system for promoting urban agriculture by making it easier to rent farmland, ministry sources have said. Currently, people who want to rent out farmland must get permission from their local agriculture committees. Under the proposed system, municipal ...
Israeli Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal, certified last year by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man, died Friday at the age of 113, Israeli media reported. Since he was an observant Jew, his family could not be reached Friday evening, the onset of the ...
In January, when researchers specializing in aging studies proposed that Japan redefine "elderly" as being aged 75 and older — instead of the current 65 — it raised more than a few eyebrows. In a nation with a rapidly aging population, where the sustainability of ...
More than half of Japanese companies are planning to raise the retirement age of their workforce, a Reuters poll shows, with many saying it would alleviate the labor shortage and harness the expertise of veteran workers. In the country, most companies require full-time employees to ...
One of South Korea's hottest YouTube stars is a 70-year-old grandmother whose cool, undaunted style and hilarity are a breath of fresh air in a social media universe that exalts youth and perfect looks. Park Makrye's videos are all about showing off her wrinkles and ...
Scientists have for the first time revealed the atomic structure of the tau protein filaments that tangle in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and say it should point the way toward developing new treatments for the disease. Using a technique known as cryo-electron microscopy, a ...
The government raises its fiscal 2020 goal for dementia support training to 12 million people nationwide after reaching its initial goal of 8 million early.
The number of people with dementia who were reported missing hit a record high in 2016, figures released Thursday show, highlighting the difficulty in dealing with elderly care in a rapidly aging society. The National Police Agency said 15,432 people with dementia, including those suspected ...
People aged 75 or older who take aspirin daily to ward off heart attacks face a significantly elevated risk of serious or even fatal bleeding, and should be given heartburn drugs to minimize the danger, a 10-year study has found. Between 40 percent and 60 ...
Kanemasa Ito compares caring for his wife, Kimiko, to waging a daily war with the devil. The woman he loved has all but disappeared — lost to dementia, she can no longer eat, bathe or go to the toilet alone. "There is a demon inside ...
Asia has enjoyed demographic dividends in the past, but the growing number of elderly is set to create a demographic “tax” on growth, a report said.
Lab tests in which elderly mice were injected with a protein found in human umbilical cord blood have highlighted an intriguing target in the brain that may keep the mind healthy into older age, scientists said Wednesday. The protein, TIMP2, has previously been found to ...
