New figures show that 20% of elderly Japanese will live alone by 2050, so the government wants solutions to avoid "kodokushi" ...

A quarter of Japanese people under 40 who have tied the knot found their spouse through a dating app, a recent survey found.

Both the elderly population and the aging rate were the highest since 1950, when such data became available. The number of women 65 and over was 20.53 million, or 32.3 percent of Japan’s female ...

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Japan’s baby-boomers will all be 75 or older. This poses problems for the country’s social systems. Bold reforms and greater honesty are needed ...

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A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The bear had been roaming around a nearby house and ...

Yuriko Koike presented a prime example of can-do optimism for a rapidly aging Japan. Nakamats’ last-minute campaign was thrown together at the behest of friends and supporters who didn’t want ...

Japan is grappling with a growing bear problem. A dwindling band of aging hunters is on the front line. A record 219 people were victims of bear attacks, six of them fatal, in the 12 months ...

Bear Attacks Are Rising in Japan. Aging Hunters Are on the Front Line By Sakura Murakami, Adolfo Arranz and Han Huang SUNAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) -A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow ...