The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “There are very good people in this prison,” Akiyo told CNN. “Perhaps this life is the most stable for me.” The companionship ...

Elderly people are getting exercise by disco dancing with a class in the central Japanese prefecture of Toyama.

Government data released ahead of Japan's "Respect for the Aged Day" showed that the country's population aged 65 and over had risen to an all-time high of 36.25 million. According to Robert Feldman, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 30% of Japan's population is 65 or older, and many still work.Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images Japan has adapted to ...

Japan, known for its robust aging population, was ranked the healthiest country to age in by the National Center for Health Statistics in December. Okinawa, Japan, is also considered a blue zone, home ...

As loneliness deepens in one of the world's fastest-ageing nations, a network of women delivering probiotic milk drinks has become a vital source of routine, connection and care.

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 ...