On the morning of April 17, a 77-year-old woman was doing her shopping in the town of Yawatahama in Ehime Prefecture. Unfortunately, while she was at the store, someone stole the wallet she had in her ...

Aging population More than 1 in 10 people in Japan are 80 years old or older, and almost a third of its population is older than 65, according to the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2023.

In 2022 only 17% of eligible men took parental leave, compared with 80% of women. Japanese women spend five times longer doing chores than men.

Mutsuhiko Nomura’s soccer career has spanned 18 World Cups, or 70 years, to be exact. He is now a member of the brand new over-80 division of Tokyo’s “Soccer For Life” (SFL) league, which ...

Wed, October 3, 2018 Published on Oct. 2, 2018 Published on 2018-10-02T17:09:46+07:00 survey has shown that when it comes to Japan’s 20-year-olds, much of them don’t wish to live into their ...

The graying of Japanese society seems to have turned a lot grayer. Figures published by the internal affairs ministry ahead of Sept. 18, Respect-for-the-Aged Day, show that those aged 80 and older ...

TOKYO -- A survey has highlighted a gap between the financial strength men and women seek in a marriage partner, with men seeking an average annual in ...

As Japan’s labour force ages and shrinks, women are playing a growing role in it. In 2022 the employment rate for women aged 25-39 surpassed 80% for the first time since records began.

TOKYO -- Around 70% of seniors in Japan believe they can work past their 80th birthday, a survey by a Tokyo-based apartment management company has found.

Now the silver-maned former Japanese national team player is a member of the brand-new over-80 division of Tokyo’s “Soccer For Life” (SFL) league, which played its first match this month.