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

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 ...

During the period, Japan became one of the world's most rapidly aging societies. Its population also began to shrink in 2010. The number of babies born in the country last year was almost 30 ...

West Japan Railway Company has built the world’s first 3D-printed train station in Arida, assembling it in under six hours.

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 ...

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 ...

Japan's medical device market will grow significantly due to its ageing population, reaching JPY4.9tn by 2029 amid political uncertainty.

Lacking large-scale immigration, the population has already been declining since 2010, now by more than 600,000 inhabitants a year. This puts Japan a few years ahead of other countries – often ...

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 ...