Japan sees slump in number of places of 'privacy and comfort', some of which offer five-star facilities while others are more down-to-earth A love motel in Japan has been converted into a funeral home ...

JAPAN: A former love motel in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, has been repurposed into a funeral home, sparking intense conversations on social media about Japan’s declining birth rates and its ...

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 ...

Japan’s per capita alcohol consumption has plunged by more than a quarter. Once a staple of workplace bonding and a steady ...

Before (L) and after pictures of the love motel. A love motel in Japan has been converted into a funeral home, sparking conversations about the declining birth rate and ageing population in the ...

While Japan and the US saw fluctuations in their ... another 1% rise in 2024 to cover the increased spending on an ageing population. Singapore's life expectancy at birth has surged, rising ...

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

More than three-quarters of Japanese companies have no plan to pull back from promoting workplace diversity and ...

The World Population Policies report by UN DESA highlights the contrasting demographic challenges of high fertility in ...