JAPAN: A former love motel in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, has been repurposed into a funeral home, sparking intense ...

Nearly 30% of Japan’s 124 million people are over 65, rising to 40% by 2050. With low birth rates, shrinking pensions, and ...

Reactions poured in from social media users who described the building as a metaphor for Japan's demographic crisis.

Japan sees slump in number of places of 'privacy and comfort', some of which offer five-star facilities while others are more ...

Japan has reached the stage where its enormous baby boomer generation has fully moved from being “elderly” to “advanced ...

Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used to change diapers ...

The 150kg AI-driven humanoid robot called Airec is a prototype future “caregiver” for Japan’s rapidly ageing population amid a chronic shortage of aged-care workers. “Given our highly ...

The 150-kg (330 lb) artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype future "caregiver" for Japan's rapidly ageing population and chronic shortage of aged-care workers. "Given ...

AI Robots May Hold Key to Nursing Japan's Ageing Population By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on ...

TOKYO] Japan wants to boost its rice exports almost eightfold by 2030, a ministry official said on Thursday, despite ...