Faced with an aging population and acute labour shortages, Japan has boosted senior employment through policy. Yet many seniors are working out of financial necessity, not choice. As demographic ...

Getting older is something we all have in common, but how countries handle their aging populations looks completely different around the world. Canada and Japan are both dealing with more seniors than ...

In 2025, Japan had an estimated 36.19 million "elderly people," defined in the country as aged 65 and above, accounting for 29.4% of the total population -- a record high -- according to the Ministry ...