With about 3 in 10 adults currently over the retirement age, community agencies keeping seniors in part-time work bring both personal and economic benefits.

Explore building inclusive societies for all ages by harnessing the rapid demographic transition in the Asia-Pacific region ...

As loneliness deepens in one of the world's fastest-ageing nations, a network of women delivering probiotic milk drinks has ...

In another grim milestone, births dipped below the 710,000 mark 17 years earlier than anticipated, despite heavy government ...

For nuclear boosters, it shows that atomic energy still has a future in Japan. For critics, it marks the unwelcome revival of ...

Nursing homes and senior communities here have embraced simple, science-backed innovations to improve the lives of older ...

Japan registered 705,809 births in 2025, the lowest figure since records began in 1899 and the tenth consecutive annual ...

Japan unveils its first AI buddhist monk robot as Kyoto University researchers turn to technology to support temples facing ...

The population declined to 122.86 million, exacerbating labor shortages and economic challenges. Marriages increased slightly, while divorces decreased. | World News ...

Marcia Costa outlines the campaign and subsequent result of the Japanese elections - resulting in a landslide victory for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

New births began ‌rebounding in 2024 on a post-pandemic boost and government policies, after eight consecutive years of ...

Japan aims to mass-produce humanoid robots by 2027 as Hitachi deploys AI-powered models and the government backs a domestic robotics strategy.