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NURSING 3

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 Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 3, 2014
Toyama restyles day care industry with all-in-one solution
Sitting around a table, a dozen elderly women watch affectionately as small children play next to them. When one opens her book, a little boy runs up and asks, "What are you reading?"
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2014
After years spent chasing money, workaholic answers Buddhist call
A workaholic-turned Buddhist priest is using his sense of humor to support the aged, according to Buddhist teachings that call on believers to help reduce suffering caused by the four immutable facts of human life — birth, aging, illness and death.
EDITORIALS
Sep 28, 2014
Nursing care worker shortage
Japan's population is graying rapidly even as a large number of nursing care workers quit their jobs every year, leaving nursing care facilities in dire need of staffing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2014
Kewpie adapts its menu to feed a graying nation
Back in 1960, Kewpie Corp. began selling canned baby food, sensing a chance to catch a wave of young families raising kids in an economy roaring back to growth after the devastation of World War II.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2014
Lawson plans new convenience store with services for seniors
Lawson Inc. will open a new type of convenience store in 2015 that will cater to elderly people by having specialized staff on hand who can help them choose day-care facilities and nursing services, a company official said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 8, 2014
Center in Tokai helps foreigners
A new group has been established in the Tokai region to help foreign residents get educational, medical and welfare services in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2014
Older workers play vital role in Japan's nursing sector from suffering labor shortage
Older workers are helping address a chronic labor shortage in the nation's nursing care sector, with many of them caring for clients in their own age group.
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2014
Rising costs of nursing care
Changes to the nursing care insurance system make the delivery of some services for people with less severe medical conditions the responsibility of municipalities, while raising the out-of-pocket share that some care recipients must pay.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 14, 2014
Nursing firm withheld funds from Filipino workers
A Japanese nursing care service provider that obliged Filipino employees to absolve the company of any responsibility for their deaths also illegally withheld some of their monthly salaries, sources said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 10, 2014
Aeon to launch premium care center for older dogs
The Aeon retail group plans to open a nursing facility for dogs this month at a shopping mall in the city of Chiba that will operate in conjunction with a 24-hour surgery clinic, gym and swimming pool for pets in the mall, the company said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
May 8, 2014
Social welfare is not for profit
A deregulation panel for the Abe administration has called on the health ministry to let private businesses run nursing care homes even though the operation of these homes is not supposed to be for profit.
EDITORIALS
Apr 21, 2014
A need for special nursing homes
The number of elderly people suffering from senile dementia and other conditions that require critical nursing care is rising, yet Japan faces a serious shortage of facilities that can provide such care.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2014
Chronic fatigue plagues nursing staff nationwide
Over 70 percent of nursing staff suffer from chronic fatigue, and 75.2 percent thought about quitting their job, according to a nationwide survey of workers in the nursing field.
EDITORIALS
Dec 14, 2013
Nursing services under the knife
The health and welfare ministry plans to end some services under the nursing care insurance system for people whose conditions are not so severe, and have municipalities take them over.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2013
Elder care with a human touch
Humanitude, a caregiving method developed in France that emphasizes eye contact, touch and verbal communication to convey respect for the patient as a human being, is gaining attention in Japan for treating patients with dementia.
EDITORIALS
Oct 18, 2013
Lax fire regulations cost lives
The Oct. 11 fire that killed 10 people at a Fukuoka orthopedic clinic is a warning to the central and local governments of the consequences of letting fire-prevention equipment go unchecked.
EDITORIALS
Oct 16, 2013
Raising fees for nursing care services
The government plans to raise the out-of-pocket share paid by 'high-income' earners for services received under the elderly nursing care insurance system from 10 to 20 percent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 24, 2013
'Grandma export' exposes Germany's struggle with care
Sonja Miskulin has forgotten her beloved cat, Pooki. She can't remember whether she has grandchildren and has no memory of her nine-hour journey one recent Sunday to forever leave behind her home in Germany.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 17, 2013
Aging boomers may prove to be just as tight with savings
Don't expect a spending windfall once boomers turn into seniors.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
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.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
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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