SUNAGAWA, Japan >> A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The brown bear slumped in the cage, watched by a handful of city officials and hunters. The bear had been ...

Japan has a higher proportion of over-65s than most countries, but is also researching a slew of technologies to stave off the ageing process and increase people’s healthspan. Researchers in Japan are ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used ...

The number of births in Japan fell for the 10th straight year in 2025, official data showed on Thursday, highlighting the challenges for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Successive Japanese leaders -- ...

Aging hunters struggle with bear management as Japan's rural areas depopulate Bear attacks hit a record 219 in year through March, with 9,000 bears culled Calls for better hunter recruitment and ...

At the age of 85, Ikuko Arai finally retired on November 30. She says she is happy to step back from her role at a non-profit ...

While traversing the narrow, winding roads outside the Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko, I stopped by a farm with a view of Mount Fuji, where a few locals were picking fruit. Most were older, and one ...

(CNN) — Japan’s population is the oldest in the world, with a third aged over 65, and one in 10 aged over 80, due to a combination of low fertility rates and high life expectancy. This has a direct ...