Japan's elderly are urged to work
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Japan's government says it has to work harder to encourage elderly people to remain in the workforce.
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The number of Japanese men and women who have lived 100 years or more surged this year to a record 23,038. The figure released by the Health Ministry reflects longer life spans in a rapidly greying nation, where
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Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whisked to a hospital a day after he resigned for exhaustion and psychological anguish, is the latest high-profile figure to seek treatment over work-related duress in a nation known for its stressed-out laborers.
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China and other developing countries are demanding a bigger say in the aging institutions that superintend the world economy.
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After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe. He's glad he did: The 74-year-old discovered the government had shortchanged him by 460,000 yen ($3,770) in benefits he accrued while driving a truck for three years in the 1950s and 60s.
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NEW YORK-The Iraqi and Afghan leaders both asked Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to continue assisting their war-ravaged countries, Japanese officials said Tuesday.
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Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda calls on sumo wrestling officials to take action, after the death of a trainee.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to create a leaner government and foster innovation to pilot the debt-laden economy through threats posed by the shrinking and aging population.
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Japanese fathers should take more responsibility in family affairs, allowing females to better participate in the labor force, according to the visiting Finnish social affairs minister.
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For thousands of workers in Georgia, Texas and California, the question of what aircraft Japan chooses to replace its aging fighter jet fleet could mean their jobs.
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Many elderly people will be isolated and dependent if extra funds are not forthcoming, campaigners say.
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To keep the economy rolling, Japan's new leader must push ahead with reform
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Money is running out for some local governments who use pension funds to help pay for retired workersâ health care.
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The swelling numbers of elderly inmates in Japan's prisons has prompted the government to begin a major revamp of its jails to provide elevators, handrails and wheelchair ramps for incarcerated seniors.
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The number of Japanese aged 100 or older is set to top 23,000 by the end of September, up 12 percent from a year earlier, in another sign of the nation's rapid transition to a greying society, officials said.
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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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Japan's hawkish next prime minister Shinzo Abe has got to work on his 52nd birthday amid warnings he must overcome a lack of experience to survive in the shadow of Junichiro Koizumi.