Fewer births and worsening labour shortages are placing mounting pressure on Japan’s social care system.

The research group that conducted the survey said developing good dietary habits early in life and maintaining them can lead ...

Entrepreneurial young Japanese people are trying to reinvigorate Japan's most aged village — where more than two thirds of residents are over 65 — and keep it from vanishing from the map. Villages ...

Japan’s birthrate may be low, but they have really figured out the opposite end of life. As of this month, nearly 100,000 people in the country are officially over 100 years old. This is according to ...

Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But the ...

In February 2023, a snowy town in Fukui suddenly made news headlines. The government of Ikeda Town had published "The 7 Rules of Life in Ikeda" in its promotional pamphlet, and these rules laid down ...

"Why do people in Japan do XX?" "What is the meaning behind XX?" There are surprisingly many things that seem obvious to ...

Career Strategies for People in Their 30s and 40s Based on Data“Young people today avoid competition,” “Foreign talent has a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Toshisuke Kanazawa, a 90-year-old bodybuilder, trains in his gym in Hiroshima, Japan, on September 11, 2026 [Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty ...