Japan’s famous akoya pearls have never been more in demand but, as seas warm and younger generations move to the city, the ...

A display shows long-term bond market interest rates in Tokyo on Nov. 18. (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images) Japan has an aging population, and the government has enormous transfer programs that ...

Japan approved a record $730 billion budget as it ramped up spending on its aging population. Official data this year showed that Japan’s elderly population — those 65 or older — amounted to nearly a ...

A Japanese tour group shops for hula supplies in the University of Hawaii area. Technology is another arena that can help both Hawaii and Japan. Given the growing shortage of Japan’s workforce, ...

Yoshiko Abe is about to turn 89, but that hasn’t stopped her from going to the gym every day and trying the free-of-charge makeup course at her housing complex. “It was really helpful,” she said, all ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s population is getting older in what the United Nations calls an “irreversible global trend,” driven by longer lives and smaller families. The number of people aged 65 and ...

YUZAWA, Japan, Sept 14 (Reuters) - It's noon on a warm day in the Japanese town where Yoshihide Suga, Japan's next prime minister, grew up, but more than half the stores in a downtown shopping arcade ...

Women try on the lipstick of the color they like as they take part in a special makeup class at a community center room in Tokyo, on Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama) TOKYO (AP) — Yoshiko Abe is ...