The population declined to 122.86 million, exacerbating labor shortages and economic challenges. Marriages increased slightly ...

Japan has a higher proportion of over-65s than most countries, but is also researching a slew of technologies to stave off the ageing process and increase people’s healthspan. Researchers in Japan are ...

Japan is facing an aging crisis—today, one in four people are aged 65 or older, and by 2030, that figure will rise to one in three. As the nation grapples with the challenges of a super-aging society, ...

The world’s population is getting older in what the United Nations calls an “irreversible global trend,” driven by longer lives and smaller families. The number of people aged 65 and older is expected ...

Kishida Fumio announced on August 14 that he would not run in next month’s election for the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), thus drawing to a close his approximately 1,000-day ...

For the eighth straight year, Japan’s birth rate hit a new low, in what the government called a “critical situation.” Japan’s birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023, ...

Japan has adapted to an aging workforce with government support and job programs. Nearly 30% of Japan's population is 65 or older, with many working in low-wage jobs. Experts say the US can learn from ...

(CNN) — Japan’s population is the oldest in the world, with a third aged over 65, and one in 10 aged over 80, due to a combination of low fertility rates and high life expectancy. This has a direct ...

While traversing the narrow, winding roads outside the Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko, I stopped by a farm with a view of Mount Fuji, where a few locals were picking fruit. Most were older, and one ...