Overnight nursing care users dropped 20% in May amid pandemic
Despite high demand for nursing services in general, the number of care facility users sharply fell as older people refrained from visiting for fear of being infected.
The government will release an initial estimate in December before finalizing the figure next year but it is likely to strike a record low for the fifth consecutive year.
Fifth of Japan's workforce may be in medical and welfare jobs by 2040
A government report says teleworking may have a large impact on social security and work styles in the future.
Putting Japan's coming inheritance windfall to good use
The final journey of Japan’s baby boomers is poised to free up inheritance fund flows of as much as ¥550 trillion (about $5 trillion) over the next ten years alone.
Many have not increased how much they go out since the government fully lifted its state of emergency over the coronavirus in late May.
The estimated number of people aged 65 or older stood at 36.17 million after adding 300,000 from a year earlier, an internal affairs ministry survey showed.
Japan newlyweds can receive up to ¥600,000 to start new life
To be eligible, both husband and wife will have to be under age 40 as of the registered date of marriage and have a combined income of less than ¥5.4 million.
Japanese woman, 117, becomes country's oldest person on record
Kane Tanaka, from Fukuoka, surpassed the age of Nabi Tajima, who died in 2018 at the age of 117 years and 260 days.
Despite pandemic, some individuals are living ordinary lives
While enormous things are currently happening in the world, we shouldn’t altogether lose sight of the small things either.
With visitation being severely limited in many hospitals, people are choosing to spend their final days with loved ones.
Centenarians top 80,000 for first time in rapidly aging Japan
The figure has risen dramatically from just 153 in 1963 and 10,000 in 1998, due mainly to medical advances.
