Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., one of Japan’s biggest life insurance companies, plans to raise its retirement age from the current 65 to 70 so it does not suffer a shortfall of experienced staff.

2019 marks the end of the Heisei era in Japan, which spanned 30 years ... Nearly 60 percent of inhabitants are age 65 or older. The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research ...

Data from Japan's Welfare Ministry shows that in 2016, there were 1.4 million single parent households in the country. Nearly 90%, or 1.2 million, were led by mothers.