Mobile supermarkets are beginning to pop up in urban areas, including Nagoya. Originally, most of the trucks were designed to service underpopulated areas where there are few shops. However with the growing number of aging baby boomers with limited access to shopping facilities or who ...
Japanese men and women ranked second in the world in average life expectancy in 2016 after setting new longevity records for a fifth year straight, according to the welfare ministry data. According to the data released Thursday by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, Japan's ...
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 ...
A research study finds that average life expectancy in Japan has increased to 83.2 years from 79.0 years during the quarter-century period, but the gap between prefectures has widened.
The internal affairs ministry on Wednesday urged the country's central and local governments to do more to address an expected rise in the number of people with limited access to grocery stores. An increasing number of people are expected to live in areas without nearby ...
Patients suffering from dementia may receive added support in the future, as the government said Wednesday it hopes to train 10,000 doctors and 12 million people nationwide on dementia care by fiscal 2020. The numerical targets were among new fiscal 2020 interim goals in the ...
A brain training computer game developed by British neuroscientists has been shown to improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages of dementia, and could help such patients avert some symptoms of cognitive decline. Researchers who developed the "game show"-like app and tested ...
A National Police Agency panel drafts proposals to curtail the rise in accidents caused by elderly drivers, including limitations on vehicle types and driving times.
Prospective nursing care workers and specialist care managers has been dwindling in number, even as the country continues to gray and the need for their services grows. The decline is primarily attributed to the longer time it now takes to train as a care worker ...
Some 20 percent of parents are supporting the living expenses of their children or grandchildren even after the age of 60, a government survey showed Friday, and over 60 percent of the elderly are not worried about their own economic livelihood. The results were published ...
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 ...
The number of households on welfare in Japan in March increased by 2,588 from the previous month to hit a record high of 1,641,523, up for the first time in three months, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Wednesday. The increase reflected a ...
