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AGING 3

LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 14, 2016
Let's discuss the recent ruling on dementia
The Supreme Court has dismissed the liability of the family of a 91-year-old man with dementia who was killed by a train after wandering onto railway tracks.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2016
Interaction benefits toddlers and elderly alike
Partnership between preschools and nursing homes have positive implications for rapidly aging countries like Japan and the U.S.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 10, 2016
Aging gang jailed for England's biggest burglary
A gang of aging criminals that carried out an audacious multimillion pound raid on a safe-deposit business in London's jewelry district last year were jailed Wednesday for their role in the largest-ever burglary in English legal history.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 6, 2016
Aging, indebted Japan debates right to 'die with dignity'
Retired airline employee Tarou Tanzawa said he hadn't thought much about his own death until his 84-year-old mother was diagnosed with malignant lymphoma and decided against costly and invasive life-prolonging treatment.
EDITORIALS
Mar 4, 2016
Supreme Court's dementia ruling
The Supreme Court provides some peace of mind to people having to look after elderly relatives suffering from dementia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 11, 2016
Rapidly aging Thailand tells businesses to hire more elderly
Pornsak Bowornsrisuk pulls an umbrella towards him to shield his head of thick gray hair from the blazing sunshine at the Bangkok bus terminal he manages.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 22, 2016
Ranks of U.S. centenarians growing rapidly due to better medical care, healthy lifestyles: report
The number of Americans living beyond their 100th birthday has surged nearly 44 percent since the turn of the century, a U.S. study released on Thursday showed.
EDITORIALS
Jan 13, 2016
Workers caring for ailing relatives
The government must do so much more than it has to help workers care for their ailing elderly relatives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES
Dec 31, 2015
Japan's population dilemma, in a single-occupancy nutshell
It's not your typical futuristic city. But if you want to see what Tokyo and the rest of Japan will soon look like, the Takashimadaira housing complex in northern Tokyo's Itabashi Ward may be the place to visit.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 3, 2015
Aging Spain passes population milestone as deaths surpass births
Spain, long concerned about its aging population and emptying countryside, passed a milestone in population decline on Wednesday when it recorded more deaths than births in the first half of this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 1, 2015
Honda to raise retirement age to 65 in recognition of demographic shift
Honda Motor Co. plans to shake up job terms next fiscal year and lift its retirement age by five years to 65, making the carmaker one of Japan Inc.'s biggest companies to take action in coping with the nation's aging demographics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2015
China's graying migrants have stash of money ready to spend
Migrant worker Guo Huailiang is planning to live it up a bit in his retirement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 29, 2015
Abe convenes panel to tackle low birthrate, aging population
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has tasked the panel of intellectuals and Cabinet members with providing ideas to overcome the demographics conundrum.
WORLD
Oct 28, 2015
Nevada cryotherapy center where worker died is closed because it lacked insurance
Nevada officials on Tuesday ordered the closure of a cryotherapy center just outside Las Vegas where police say a worker was found dead last week in a chamber that exposes a person's body to extremely cold air.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 5, 2015
A new vision for healthy aging
To realize the enormous potential of older people, we must reject the stereotype of them being frail and dependent.

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