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JAPAN
Oct 1, 2019
National Public Safety Commission tackles topics from elderly driving to Tokyo Olympics security
The government will consider various measures to prevent traffic accidents involving elderly drivers, including the introduction of a new driver's license category with special limitations, National Public Safety Commission Chairman Ryota Takeda has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2019
Health ministry names 424 public hospitals that need to consider reform
The health ministry on Thursday published a list of 424 public medical institutions it has deemed to be in need of possible consolidation and realignment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 25, 2019
Fear of retirement poverty drives Japanese to private pensions
Japanese households are rushing to private retirement products after a government report fueled fears that the national pension system won't be enough to support them during old age.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2019
Younger Americans will contend with higher taxes or benefit cuts
There needs to be a better balancing of burden and benefits among America's generations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 20, 2019
Mie city's outreach to struggling residents in public housing pays off
Officials in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, are working to reduce rent delinquency among low-income residents of municipal housing, by visiting defaulters individually and compiling custom payment plans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 26, 2019
Devolution? Keio University team designs wearable robotic tail to help elderly keep their balance
Millions of years after the ancestors of humans evolved to lose their tails, researchers at Keio University have built a robotic one they say could help unsteady elderly people keep their balance.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2019
Heatstroke death toll since July exceeds 100 in Tokyo's 23 wards
The heatstroke death toll since July has reached 101 in Tokyo's 23 wards, topping 100 for the second straight year, officials at Tokyo Metropolitan Government's office of medical examiners said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2019
Orders flood in for Onepedal device after spate of car accidents involving elderly in Japan
A device called Onepedal has been developed by a small company to help reduce car accidents, by eliminating the possibility of drivers mistakenly pressing the accelerator instead of the brake.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2019
As population ages, Japan's convenience stores find future in funerals
It might escape the notice of a passerby that Davius Living Yamato, a one-story building standing unassumingly on a street in Kanagawa Prefecture, is a funeral parlor.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2019
Japan's social security benefits topped ¥120 trillion to hit record high in 2017
Social security benefits paid out in fiscal 2017 reached a record high and exceeded ¥120 trillion for the first time, a welfare ministry-affiliated think tank said Friday.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 29, 2019
Despite winning more seats in Upper House vote, Komeito officials worry about losing support
Komeito boosted its presence in the House of Councilors in the latest election, but a sense of crisis among party officials has deepened as the number of votes it acquired under the proportional representation system fell by more than 1 million compared to the previous election.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2019
Singapore promotes gardening for elderly in bid to fight loneliness
Since her mother died last year, 74-year-old Lim Yeo Hong has been living alone in a flat on the outskirts of Singapore, scavenging for cardboard scraps which she sells for a living.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2019
The real policy challenges facing Japan
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must place priority on resolving several major policy challenges confronting Japan before he tries to revise the Constitution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 11, 2019
'Smart plastics' and new devices help Japan age gracefully
Mitsuhiro Ebara believes plastic sheets called "smart polymers" may one day prove to be a cheap solution to curing cancer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2019
Spritely seniors in Japan signing up to deliver on foot for Uber Eats
Uber Technologies Inc.'s strategy for Japan, where ride-sharing is banned, is as unique as the country itself — think grandma in running shoes delivering ramen noodles.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 4, 2019
For some dementia patients in California, 'man's best friend' is a robot dog
A robot dog under development in California is vying to be a best friend to people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, offering comfort by responding to human touch with life-like motions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 29, 2019
As dementia cases rise, so a nation's character changes
"Your mother is senile, senile, senile!"
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 28, 2019
Model senior citizens: Older South Koreans take to the catwalk and YouTube
Boasting a beard and gray wavy hair, 65-year-old Kim Chil-doo glared into the wall, poised and confident, as he practiced his runway walk among young, pin-thin models at an academy in Seoul this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 23, 2019
Report on Japan pension shortfall spurs anxiety — and a closer look at the system
The Financial Services Agency earlier this month released a report on the future financial security of senior citizens that suggested people would have to save more to make up for expected shortfalls in the public pension system, sparking public anxiety and major controversy over the government program's...
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2019
After record 16,927 dementia patients went missing in Japan in 2018, expert urges community support
Of the nearly 17,000 people who wandered off in 2018, 197 could not be found by the end of the year, according to police data.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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