Japan plans new communities to lure seniors out of shorthanded cities | The...
The government hopes to help people in their 60s or older move out of the nation's major cities, including Tokyo, and live in the countryside.Isamu Nozaki's insight:Are there really younger people who...
View ArticleLongevity, genetics and the whale | The Japan Times
The oldest person in the world — and the oldest ever Japanese person — is Misao Okawa. She lives in Osaka and is 116. She'll be 117 in March. OIsamu Nozaki's insight:We may be heading to a more tragic...
View ArticleJapan looks to accept more foreign nursing care workers to resolve labor...
The health ministry released a draft plan Friday to include nursing care under the technical intern training program for foreigners to help increase foreigIsamu Nozaki's insight:Are there enough staff...
View ArticleSeniors grow to 26% of population as Japan shrinks for fourth year straight |...
Japan’s population falls for the fourth consecutive year and people 65 or older now account for a record 26 percent of the total.Isamu Nozaki's insight:Are you ready for your old age?(Note: There is...
View Article80% of workers under 65 with dementia get fired or quit: health ministry...
About 80 percent of premature dementia patients either have to quit their jobs or get fired by their employer, a health ministry survey shows.Isamu Nozaki's insight:Have you prepared something just in...
View ArticleSome prisons in Japan becoming 'like nursing homes' amid surge in elderly...
Most prisons spend a lot of time and effort keeping inmates from escaping, but a greater challenge is convincing some convicts to leave. Among developed ecIsamu Nozaki's insight:You might commit a...
View ArticleIs Japan becoming extinct? | The Japan Times
The projected drop in the country's population raises some fundamental questions about its political and social future.Isamu Nozaki's insight:The year of 2040 is coming soon. What will you doing with...
View ArticlePhone users in Japan still paying for plenty of stuff they don't need | The...
Despite efforts to shake up competition in the cellphone market, consumers are paying more than ever for mobile services.Isamu Nozaki's insight:Are you using a smartphone served by an MVNO?See it on...
View ArticleHigh-tech toilets targeted to reel in tourists ahead of Olympics | The Japan...
Japan's high-tech toilets are nothing new but their growing popularity has prompted the government to use them as a tool to promote tourism and sell the teIsamu Nozaki's insight:Japan's toilet bowls...
View ArticleFertility rate takes first fall since '05 | The Japan Times
Japan’s fertility rate slips for the first time in nine years as record low births combine with deaths to produce the biggest annual population drop ever.Isamu Nozaki's insight:In 2014, Japan's...
View ArticleJapan should re-examine the idea of marriage to help spur a baby boom | The...
After decades of a national conversation about the need for more babies, there is still disagreement as to what sort of measures Japan should take in orderIsamu Nozaki's insight:Couples in de facto...
View ArticleYoung single Japanese less keen to have children | The Japan Times
More single people in their 20s say they don’t want any children, think it’s costly and exhausting to raise them, and show little interest in kids in general, according to a new survey.Isamu Nozaki's...
View Article10 (more) grammar mistakes that make smart people look stupid
Common grammatical errors happen to everyone, but they can make you look unprofessional.Isamu Nozaki's insight:Be careful!See it on Scoop.it, via ICT
View ArticleJapan firms face hurdles as 'service' culture taken overseas | The Japan Times
At Uniqlo stores worldwide, staff greet every customer with "Welcome to Uniqlo!" They briskly walk around on a clean, white sales floor, refolding and restIsamu Nozaki's insight:Japan's "omotenashi"...
View ArticleJapanese population posts largest annual decline on record | The Japan Times
The country’s population, excluding foreign residents, totaled 126,163,576 as of Jan. 1, signaling the biggest decline since the current population survey started in 1968.Isamu Nozaki's insight:Japan...
View ArticleShortage of nursing care workers | The Japan Times
The number of nursing care workers is set to fall short of demand by 380,000 within a decade unless the government takes steps to make the industry more attractive.Isamu Nozaki's insight:Do you really...
View ArticleThe reigning 'Queen of subtitles,' in her own words | The Japan Times
For the past four decades, after the lights dim and curtains go up at cinemas around Japan, the credits that have flashed on screens at the start of hundreIsamu Nozaki's insight:How long will she be...
View ArticleNarita airport to get SIM card vending machines | The Japan Times
Japan's main gateway, Narita International Airport, is set to get SIM card vending machines targeting an increasing number of inbound tourists starting nexIsamu Nozaki's insight:Have you ever got a...
View ArticleViews from Tokyo and Osaka: Is Tokyo really the most livable city in the...
Lifestyle magazine Monocle recently named Tokyo as the world's most livable city, but do residents and visitors in the capital and Japan's second city agree?Isamu Nozaki's insight:Which do you like...
View ArticleTo avoid raising eyebrows, entities swapping Kinki for Kansai | The Japan Times
In an effort to increase recognition abroad as well as prevent smirks, giggles, or shocked stares from English speakers, more businesses and private organiIsamu Nozaki's insight:Which do you like...
View ArticleAdd looming poverty to list of seniors' woes | The Japan Times
What a sad country this is. Granted, Spa! magazine paints in primary colors. Maybe it's missing a nuance or two? Maybe things aren't really so bad? Maybe.Isamu Nozaki's insight:Japan's pension system...
View ArticleJapanese employers, establishments take steps toward curbing smoking ahead of...
Smokers in Japan, who have long been welcome inside hotels, restaurants and other establishments, could soon find themselves out of favor with the generalIsamu Nozaki's insight:You might lose your job...
View ArticleModern moms can't find stitch in time to make traditional needlework school...
Every year as cherry blossoms bloom, mothers across Japan toil until late at night to sew fabric bags that nursery and elementary schools require their chiIsamu Nozaki's insight:It is quite hard to be...
View ArticleJapan to shake up firms' nursing care leave system | The Japan Times
A moderate shake-up of the nursing care leave system is approaching after the enactment of a revised law last month, as the government tries to help peopleIsamu Nozaki's insight:This doesn't reveal...
View ArticleJapan is as happy as it feels — miserable | The Japan Times
Who are the unhappiest people, asks Spa — the married, the single or the divorced? The negative question is characteristic of this chronically depresIsamu Nozaki's insight:Can Japanese people be...
View ArticleJapan census report shows surge in elderly population, many living alone |...
The number of elderly people is on the uptick, even as the size of the average family shrinks, government numbers indicate.Isamu Nozaki's insight:Do you still want to live longer in Japan?See it on...
View ArticleRecord 12,000 people with dementia reported missing in Japan in 2015 | The...
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said about 4.62 million people had dementia in 2012 and it expects the figure to rise to 7 million by 2025.Isamu Nozaki's insight:Again, do you still want to...
View ArticleOne-third of men destined to be lifelong singles | JapanToday
“Mr Fukuyama” is 43, reasonably well-off and single. It’s not that he doesn’t want to marry — he can’t, or at…Isamu Nozaki's insight:Some Japanese men don't want get married, but like to have children....
View ArticleJapan's population drops at fastest pace on record | The Japan Times
The population excluding resident foreign nationals falls at the fastest pace yet from a year earlier to 125,891,742 as of Jan. 1.Isamu Nozaki's insight:Tokyo is swallowing more and more young people,...
View ArticleRethinking the age-old question of youth | The Japan Times
Japan used to follow a wonderful practice to mark old age: Everyone who reached their 100th birthday received a silver sake cup called a sakazuki. It's cerIsamu Nozaki's insight:Do you really want to...
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