An 81-year-old woman in Japan, named Akiyo ... Considering the ageing population in Japan and many of them living alone, it ...

In Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, there is a place that Filipino women living in Japan call "our home." The support ...

Japanese women struggling with loneliness and financial issues commit petite crimes to go to prison, where they find ...

Reports suggest that a growing number of elderly women are turning to crime as a means to escape isolation and loneliness.

A Japanese woman whose Irish ex-husband has been arrested on suspicion of murder after her body was found in a Budapest ...

But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women’s prison ... When she committed her second theft, Akiyo was living off a “very small” pension that was only paid every ...

Akiyo, who has been jailed twice for theft, first stole food in her 60s and later repeated the offense when she had to survive on a meagre pension received every two months.

An 81-year-old Japanese woman, Akiyo, commits crimes intentionally to avoid loneliness and receive stable living conditions in jail. Reflecting on her decisions, she lamented her lack of financial ...

But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women’s prison. The population here reflects ... When she committed her second theft, Akiyo was living off a “very small” pension that was only ...