Older people
- Ageing, Asia Pacific, Environment, Guinness World Records, Japan, Mountaineering, Mountains, Older people, Society, World news
Japanese man becomes oldest person to reach Mount Fuji summit at 102
Kokichi Akuzawa climbed with 70-year-old daughter to break record for oldest person to make ascent – a second …
- India, London, Marathon, Marathon running, Older people, Running, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
‘When you get old, you become young again’: remembering Fauja Singh, the marathon man
After a life shaped by grief and resilience, Singh began running at 89 and became an icon of endurance and joy…
- India, London, Marathon, Marathon running, Older people, Running, South and Central Asia, Sport, UK news, World news
Fauja Singh, ‘world’s oldest marathon runner’, dies in road accident aged 114
Singh’s east London running club confirms death in India of athlete thought to be first centenarian to run a m…
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‘Start exercising!’: secrets of Thailand’s 105-year-old athletics champion
A recent winner of four Masters Games gold medals, Sawang Janpram began competing at 97 – motivated by his dau…
- Discrimination at work, Gender, Global development, Guardian Careers, India, Inequality, Menopause, Money, Older people, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Work & careers, World news
I’m a woman of 48 – and as replaceable in the office as the swivel chair at my desk | Nilanjana Bhowmick
In India, as elsewhere, ‘menopenalisation’ means women in middle age are failed by their employers and wider s…
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World’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, dies in Japan aged 116
Itooka, who died at a care home in Ashiya, enjoyed bananas and had been a keen mountain climberA Japanese woma…
- Bangladesh, Diabetes, Global development, Older people, Pollution, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Cars before people: how chaotic, polluted Dhaka is failing its elderly citizens
Pollution, traffic, noise – the busy streets of the Bangladeshi capital prohibit many who are ill or have limi…
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New Zealand’s curling team, with nowhere to go, find a home at a Canadian retirement village
Group of four men in their 20s and 30s struggled to find accommodation in Calgary while training for the 2026 …
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Chinese banks try to revive housing market with mortgages for 95-year-olds
‘Relay loans’ that can pass on to children follow other moves to make borrowing more flexibleIn an attempt to …
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Wuhan welfare protests escalate as hundreds voice anger over health insurance cuts
Crowds of retirees gather in cities of Wuhan and Dalian to protest against cuts as local government coffers fe…
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Elderly Chinese people protest in Wuhan against medical benefits cuts
Rally is latest showing of public discontent since demonstrations against Covid curbsThousands of older people…
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Ageing planet: the new demographic timebomb
India is about to overtake China as the most populous country, but as birthrates fall we’re facing life in a g…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus, Health, Infectious diseases, Older people, Protest, Science, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
China sends students home amid calls for crackdown on protests
Authorities flood streets with police as top security body urges action against ‘hostile forces’China has sent…
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‘I’m afraid to have children’: fear of an older future in Japan and South Korea
As birth and fertility rates fall, there is official concern about the economic impact of a declining and agei…
- Art and design, Asia Pacific, Culture, Fashion, Life and style, Older people, Photography, Society, South Korea, World news
‘Fashion has no age’: the stylish senior citizens of Seoul
Kim Dong-hyun spends his days documenting the city’s vibrant senior street style to provide a new perspective …