The number of elderly people in Japan surged by 20,000 from September 2023 to 36.25 million, accounting for a record high 29.3 percent of the population, government figures showed. The Ministry of ...

Combined, around one in three elderly Japanese people is expected to have problems with their cognitive functions in 2060. Previous ministry estimates showed that the number of people with ...

It's not only that society is graying. New statistics warn of a major spike in the number of elderly Japanese living alone, with almost no one to support them. In 2020, the proportion of Japanese ...

Japan's elderly population has reached an all-time high of 36.25 million people, with 29.3 per cent of the country's total population aged 65 or older, according to data released on Sunday by the ...

Store closures are impacting the country's elderly, making it harder for them to buy food and daily necessities. Okajima Yoshiko lives in Tottori prefecture, western Japan. The 85-year-old broke ...