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DEMENTIA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 13, 2015
Dementia treatment making progress in urban centers, but rural areas still lacking
In May, a nurse and other members of a team that supports people with dementia visited a man in his 80s living in Machida, on the outskirts of Tokyo, and urged him to "accompany" his wife to the hospital.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 25, 2015
More than 10,000 people with dementia reported missing in Japan last year
The number of people with dementia who were reported missing in 2014 was 10,783, up 461 from the previous year, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 11, 2015
Drivers with dementia will lose their license under new law
A legal revision to prevent elderly people with dementia from driving was enacted Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 11, 2015
Former brain-eating tribe offers genetic clues to dementia and deadly diseases
Research involving a former brain-eating tribe from Papua New Guinea is helping scientists better understand mad cow disease and other so-called prion conditions and may also offer insights into Parkinson's and dementia.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 29, 2015
Japan grapples with ¥14.5 trillion dementia costs
In its first detailed estimate, the health ministry puts the overall cost of treating dementia at u00a514.5 trillion, with nearly half borne by the sufferers' families.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2015
80% of workers under 65 with dementia get fired or quit: health ministry survey
About 80 percent of premature dementia patients either have to quit their jobs or get fired by their employer, a health ministry survey shows.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 25, 2015
Alzheimer's debate revived as Biogen's drug trial advances
Just days after Biogen Inc. revealed promising early data from an experimental Alzheimer's treatment, new research from the Mayo Clinic may revive a long-running debate over whether the drug industry is focusing on the right target in developing therapies to treat the disease.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2015
Art therapy tours enliven dementia patients and their caregivers
In a quiet corner of the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, a small group of elderly dementia patients accompanied by relatives and caregivers gathered in December in front of a work by French avant-garde painter Pierre Bonnard.
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2015
Better life for dementia sufferers
The government, which recently adopted a new strategy for measures against dementia, needs to follow through on the idea of ensuring a better quality of life for patients by heeding the wishes of sufferers and their families.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 27, 2015
New dementia strategy to cope with projected rise in cases
The government on Tuesday adopted a new strategy to bolster measures against dementia, expecting the number of patients to reach about 7 million in 2025 as the population ages.
EDITORIALS
Jan 22, 2015
Testing elderly drivers for dementia
The National Police Agency will propose a revision to the traffic law to have drivers at least 75 years old who are suspected of suffering from senile dementia submit a medical certificate to the police indicating whether they should be allowed to keep driving.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2015
Number of dementia patients to reach around 7 million in Japan in 2025
One in five elderly people in Japan will have dementia in 2025, according to the government's new estimate released Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 6, 2015
Help at hand for dementia patients
They would enter the bank and ask for their cash. Yuriko Asahara, behind the counter, would check where they would stash it — in the side pocket of a handbag or perhaps deep down in a shoulder bag.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2014
Emergency rooms struggling to treat people with dementia
Hospitals with emergency departments are having difficulty caring for people with dementia, a survey led by the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology says.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2014
As Chinese live longer, Alzheimer's cases rise
The Chinese government should be prepare for a sharp rise in the number of dementia patients as the world's second largest country's population rapidly ages.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 14, 2014
Experts urge Japan to step up dementia care
Japan's graying population means that building a strong framework for dementia care is among the country's most pressing issues, but experts say there is considerable room for improvement.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2014
Improving dementia care
The government must make greater efforts to to enable people with dementia to live as normally as possible for as long as possible.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2014
Japan to adopt new strategy on dementia care: Abe
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday at an international conference on dementia care in Tokyo that Japan will work out a new national strategy to boost measures dealing with the age-linked illness in the rapidly graying country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 4, 2014
Japan wakes up to reality of dementia, seeks unique solutions
Asayo Sakai banged on the front door, demanding to be let out. She was at her daughter's apartment, where Asayo has lived for the past six years. She has no memory of how she got there or what she's doing there.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2014
Choosing death when loss of self is imminent
For people who do not want to live on when their mind has gone, deciding whether and when to die is difficult, and likely to meet resistance from loved ones.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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