Japan over 65s do more shoplifting
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Crimes by older people in Japan jumped threefold this year compared with a decade ago, domestic media reported on Friday.
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SAN JOSE -- Stealing the merchandise was the easy part. The ring of young men and women had become pros at snatching cashmere sweaters, perfumes and other expensive items from the likes of Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria's Secret and Pottery Barn.
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The number of older Americans in the   work force hit a record high last month, and employment in that   age group has grown faster than any other, according to   research released on Wednesday.
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Japanese fashion designers are devising a variety of novel solutions that they hope will ease growing fears of crime.
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It was just another morning at the senior center: Women were sewing, men were playing pool &#151; and seven demonstrators, average age 76, were picketing outside, demanding doughnuts.
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The number of Japanese homeless is on the rise, and cultural attitudes about age are exacerbating the situation.
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The suicide rate among 45-to-54-year-olds increased nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2004, the latest year studied.
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Some moms and dads might want to take a lesson from their kids: Just say no. The government reported Thursday that 4.4 percent of baby boomers ages 50 to 59 indicated that they had used illicit drugs in the past month. It marks the third consecutive yearly increase recorded for that age group by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
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More than 700,000 elderly people are subjected to abuse in their own homes or privately run nursing homes, according to the results of a new study to be published this week.
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NEW YORK  - After the age of 80, carrying a few extra pounds may not subtract years from your lifespan, a new study from Japan shows.
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Children as young as 11 who have committed a crime could be sent to reformatories under a Japanese law enacted on Friday, part of a trend toward stiffer penalties reflecting growing angst about grisly crime.
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A consumer credit advice charity report claims the number of people over 60 seeking its advice is rising.
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MANO, SADO ISLAND, Japan  - The shop where  19-year-old Hitomi Soga bought groceries one August evening  still stands on the lonely road where she and her mother were  kidnapped 26 years ago by North Korean agents.
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Police found more than 8,000 pieces of women&#39;s clothing and lingerie in the home of a Japanese man who stole the items so he could sleep buried in them.
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Unlike its hipster namesake, the Tokyo neighborhood known as 'Grannie's Harajuku' is a kind of SoHo for seniors, with lessons for retailers everywhere
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The number of Japanese living beyond 100 has almost quadrupled in the past 10 years, with the once-exclusive centenarian club expected to surpass 28,000 this year, the government said Friday.
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The number of Japanese who have lived 100 years or more surged to a record-high 23,038 in 2004 in the world's longest-living country, the government said Tuesday.