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NURSING 3

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 15, 2015
Toyonaka nursing home worker allegedly tried to strangle female resident
An employee at a nursing home in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, injured a female resident by trying to strangle her, according to city officials.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2015
Evacuation of Fukushima elderly riskier than then-exposure to radiation: study
A study says the evacuations from nursing homes posed a greater health risk to evacuees than the radiation they would have endured had they stayed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2015
Watami restaurant chain to sell off nursing care subsidiary: sources
Struggling restaurant chain Watami Co. on Thursday admitted to holding talks on a handover, following media reports that it plans to sell its nursing care business and focus on food servicing operations centered on its namesake Japanese-style taverns.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2015
Staff behavior under spotlight at Kawasaki nursing home where three residents died
The Kawasaki Municipal Government said it will inspect a nursing facility where three elderly people fell to their death from the balconies of their upper-floor rooms in separate incidents in a two-month span last year. The deaths are considered suspicious.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2015
Judge in Chiba 'mercy killing' case expresses sympathy for culprit
The case of a Chiba Prefecture man convicted of murdering his grievously sick wife has again shed light on the dilemma families face when one member's suffering convinces them that death is the best option.
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2015
Shortage of nursing care workers
The number of nursing care workers is set to fall short of demand by 380,000 within a decade unless the government takes steps to make the industry more attractive.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2015
Born in captivity, beluga whale calf said fighting for its life in Georgia aquarium
A beluga whale calf born at the Georgia Aquarium last month has stopped nursing, is not gaining weight and appears to be fighting for her life, with officials this week calling her condition "extremely guarded."
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 1, 2015
Home for aging guide dogs, owners in works
The Chubu Guide Dog for the Blind Association based in Nagoya is working to build the nation's first intensive care nursing home where elderly people and retired guide dogs can live together.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Apr 19, 2015
Caregiver trainee program coming up short, but options on table also daunting
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Apr 19, 2015
For foreign caregivers, role remains ambiguous
Does Japan really want to accept foreign caregivers?
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 27, 2015
78 Indonesians and Filipinos pass caregiver certification exam
A total of 78 people from the Philippines and Indonesia have passed the caregiver certification exam for fiscal 2014, the welfare ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2015
Foreign nurses, caregivers to get special visa status
The Cabinet approves the creation of a new visa category for foreign nurses and caregivers to help reduce the labor shortage in the industry.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2015
Care worker arrested for slashing centenarian in Toyama
A care worker was arrested Friday for allegedly using a knife to inflict several cuts on a 100-year-old woman at a nursing home in the city of Toyama, police said.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2015
Elder care givers take on surge in demand
Elder-to-elder nursing care is expanding in Japan due to the aging of care workers.
EDITORIALS
Feb 18, 2015
Nursing care compensation plan
The government should consider overhauling the nursing care insurance system to ensure stable services for the elderly and to rationalize the system's overall operation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2015
Foreign nursing care workers to be invited to Japan under intern program
The health ministry has approved a plan to include nursing care under the technical intern training program for foreigners to help increase the number of foreign care workers and solve a labor shortage in Japan's aging society.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2015
Japan looks to accept more foreign nursing care workers to resolve labor shortage
The health ministry released a draft plan Friday to include nursing care under the technical intern training program for foreigners to help increase foreign care workers and resolve related labor shortages in Japan.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2015
Government earmarks funds to deal with caregiver shortage
A crisis in nursing care is brewing. The government estimates that the nation will be short of 300,000 professional caregivers by 2025, when postwar baby boomers will be 75 or older and many will need regular care.
EDITORIALS
Jan 14, 2015
Risky nursing care cutbacks
The government should carefully monitor the nursing care industry to ensure that budgetary cutbacks do not reduce quality of their services.
EDITORIALS
Nov 18, 2014
Shortage of nursing care workers
With the nation's population rapidly graying, the government must take steps to boost the number of nursing care workers.
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The National Diet building in Tokyo
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G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
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Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
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Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.

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