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NURSING CARE

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 6, 2021
On the brink: Canada care workers struggle to make ends meet in pandemic
Personal support workers (PSWs) have long wrestled with housing insecurity in expensive Canadian cities, but the pandemic has worsened the situation for many.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 14, 2020
Britain to pilot COVID-19 tests for care home visitors
Visitors to care homes in parts of England will be able to get tested for COVID-19 under a new pilot plan aimed at reducing onerous restrictions in time for Christmas, the health ministry said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jul 24, 2020
Japan's nursing care facilities face challenge of safely evacuating during disasters
Only 24 percent of nursing homes in Kyushu have evacuation plans in place
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jul 16, 2020
Saving the most vulnerable in disasters
Measures are needed to ensure the protection of the people who are at greatest risk.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 20, 2020
Japan's essential care workers currently languish at the bottom of the health care pyramid
Caregiving companies are going out of business even as the demand for their services increases.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 5, 2020
Care workers in Nagoya struggle to aid elderly in coronavirus pandemic
After clusters of COVID-19 infections were reported at care centers, the city asked some facilities to close down for two weeks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2020
'They just sedate them': Coronavirus overwhelms Spain's care homes
As Spain struggles desperately to cope with almost 120,000 coronavirus infections, it barely has the strength to help its overwhelmed care homes and their elderly residents, singularly vulnerable to the respiratory disease.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2020
Lockdown: Nursing homes in Spain a vector for deadly coronavirus
Death arrived slowly at the nursing home where Chelo Megia works. Then it was everywhere.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 5, 2020
Nearly 20% of Japan nursing care providers out of masks amid COVID-19 outbreak
Nearly 20 percent of nursing care service providers in Japan have run out of face masks, which have been in short supply in the country as the COVID-19 outbreak continues, a recent survey by a labor union has shown.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2020
Facilities for the elderly bracing for mass COVID-19 infection
Care homes for elderly people are taking full-fledged measures to prevent mass COVID-19 infections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2020
No, we don't have a natural lifespan of 38
A cool new study on longevity got distorted by the popular press.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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