Reflecting on her decisions, she lamented her lack of financial stability and social support. This story mirrors the growing issue in Japan, where many elderly prefer prison over living alone.

Abstract: Loneliness and social isolation are prevalent among older adults and are associated with adverse health outcomes. Social robots offer a novel approach to addressing these issues by providing ...

In Japan, a growing number of elderly individuals are deliberately committing crimes to secure a place in prison, highlighting a severe social crisis of loneliness and financial insecurity. Japan’s ...

Researchers from Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba in Japan have come up with ... researchers hypothesize that robot bunting may offer similar calming and ...

Elderly people in Japan are getting “younger” in terms ... to the earlier group and attributed this change to increased social opportunities. The first group study began in fiscal 2010.

And with mainstream media and social media feeds awash with a constant stream of related developments ... But he also acknowledged that current technology remains well short of producing a fully ...

Jesse Orrall Senior Video Producer Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET. He covers future tech, sustainability and the social impact ... affordable G1 robot is shown ...

This is Paro, one of the world’s most successful therapeutic robots--popular to the extent that some refer to it as “Japan’s pride ... medical centers and seniors’ homes, the ...

Japan leads the world in per capita sales of adult diapers. Japan’s population is getting so old that one major diaper manufacturer is now making products only for adults, not for babies. Japan’s ...

A research team from Osaka University and Diponegoro University, Indonesia has developed two new autonomous navigation ...

Tokyo: With a large percentage of citizens over the age of 65, Japan is the country with the oldest population in the world. As the country continues to age, senior citizens, especially elderly women ...