Amid an outcry over the Hong Kong government’s medical manpower planning, the Hospital Authority (HA), which manages the city ...

The Fukui prefectural government is offering online classes about the culture and dialect of its area, for people from ...

Two doctors at a hospital in the northeastern Japan city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, were arrested Feb. 14 for allegedly trying to conc ...

Europe Telerehabilitation Skilled Nursing Care Center Market 2025 Telerehabilitation services are needed for assessment, monitoring, consul ...

Beyond the usual short back and sides and a perm and a blow, barbers and stylists are increasingly in demand for home visit ...

Across Southeast and East Asia, a demographic shift is transforming societies as populations age at an unprecedented pace.

Shoplifting is the most common crime among elderly women in Japan. In 2022, over 80% of elderly female inmates were jailed ...

Japanese women struggling with loneliness and financial issues commit petite crimes to go to prison, where they find ...

Japan leads the world in per capita sales of adult diapers. Japan’s population is getting so old that one major diaper manufacturer is now making products only for adults, not for babies. Japan’s ...

“I felt like I did not care ... s Prison, Japan’s largest women’s prison located north of Tokyo, houses around 500 inmates, with one in five being elderly. The facility provides assistance with daily ...

A Japanese grandmother who deliberately broke the law so she could live for free in prison has cast a spotlight on the country’s ageing problem while sparking a lively discussion on Chinese ...

Despairing grandmother who lives on meagre pension says she would rather take 'stability' of prison than life on outside A Japanese grandmother who deliberately broke the law so she could live for ...