カテゴリー: Ageing
Kokichi Akuzawa climbed with 70-year-old daughter to break record for oldest person to make ascent – a second timeKokichi Akuzawa has become the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Fuji at the age of 102 – despite almost giving up during his tre…
Russian leader was caught musing about immortality with Xi Jinping but his fascination with long life is nothing newIt was the stuff of Bond villains. Two ageing autocrats, their younger ally in tow, ambled down a red-carpeted ramp before a military pa…
As nation moves to raise retirement age, new report warns the real problem isn’t when people retire, but howInsurance worker G Young Soo started working at his company at 23, and spent more than three decades climbing the ranks to become a branch direc…
No resettlement for Afghans | Cool or cold? | Inspired delivery | Harking backIt seems that the government has decided to cancel the Afghan relocations and assistance policy and the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme to new applicants with no notice. …
Shitsui Hakoishi can still cut it as a barber in her salon in the town of Nakagawa, after earning her licence in 1936A 108-year-old Japanese woman has been named the world’s oldest female barber, nine decades after she first started cutting hair profes…
Famous for felines that outnumber its humans, Aoshima is also emblematic of a deeper trend afflicting the country’s rural and island communitiesThe reason for Aoshima’s nickname was clear before we had set foot on the island. As our tiny vessel slowed …
More than one in five prisoners in Fuchū jail is 65 or over – and younger inmates get care qualifications to look after themWith its glass frontage and portico, Fuchū prison could be mistaken for a local government office. Inside, visitors enter an air…
Members of Tokyo’s Ara Style Senior say they were inspired by the inclusion of breakdancing at this year’s Paris OlympicsHead spins and monkey flips are noticeable by their absence. But in their place there is a lot of laughter and a thumping beat, alo…
An industry making older women the centre of attention appeals to some actors; and as Japan’s society ages, demand is growingEmi Tōda was in her late 50s, recently divorced and getting by on wages from part-time jobs at supermarkets and an undertaker w…
A new football league in Tokyo has been established with one strict criterion: all the players are aged 80 and above. In Japan, where people over 65 represent nearly a third of the population, active older people are challenging ideas about what they c…
India is about to overtake China as the most populous country, but as birthrates fall we’re facing life in a greyer world. Are we ready for the physical, political and financial challenges ahead?In Japan even criminals are getting old. In the country’s…
June will mark end of system that deemed newborns to be a year old, with a year added every 1 JanuarySouth Korea is to scrap its traditional method of counting ages and adopt the international standard – a change that that will knock one or two years o…
Kane Tanaka has set her sights on becoming 120 next year, as figures show the number of young adults in Japan in steep declineThe world’s oldest person has celebrated her 119th birthday in Japan, saying she is determined to extend the record by another…