Japan is set to revolutionise its work culture by introducing a four-day work week for government employees in a bid to ...

As countries around the world move towards shorter workweeks, Japan's new four-day work policy shows how work-life balance is ...

With the number of people aged 65 or older accounting for almost a third of Japan’s population, scientists such as Morishita are working to change the way we view ageing, from a forgone ...

A love motel in Japan has been converted into a funeral home, sparking a heated discussion on social media about sharply declining birth rates and the country’s ageing population. A netizen ...

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.

Japan’s population of traffic lights ... The practical impacts of mass ageing are suddenly more dramatic and potent. And, inevitably, more boomer-y in flavour. Few events illustrate this ...

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 ...

Rural towns are offering grants to new and returning residents in hopes of reviving abandoned homes, as young people move to ...

Foreign nationals will account for nearly 11 percent of Japan’s dwindling population of 87 million in 2070, according to an estimate by the labor ministry. The nation’s overall population will ...

Trained as an oncologist, ageing and death are never far ... the number of elderly people is increasing,” he says. In Japan today 30% of the population are 60 or older — and the World Health ...