An 81-year-old Japanese woman, Akiyo, commits crimes intentionally to avoid loneliness and receive stable living conditions ...

An 81-year-old Japanese woman, known as Akiyo, has sparked discussion about Japan’s ageing population ... I thought, ‘There is no point in me living,’ and ‘I just want to die,’” she said. Story ...

Akiyo was lodged in Tochigi Women's Prison, Japan's largest women's prison, located north of Tokyo. It houses nearly 500 ...

Lin Shemu, the world's oldest woman, from China, died at her home at the age of 122 and 197 days - she would have been 10 ...

A Chinese man who carried out a knife attack in eastern China last June that wounded a Japanese woman and her child and ...

Lin Shemu lived for 122 years and 197 days and witnessed two world wars, two pandemics and the rollout of electricity into ...

Japan, known for its robust aging population, was ranked the healthiest country to age in by the National Center for Health Statistics in December. Okinawa, Japan, is also considered a blue zone, home ...

Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to ...

‘There’s no point in me living,’ and ‘I just want to die.’” Theft is by far the most common crime committed by elderly ...

A Chinese man who wounded a Japanese woman and her child and killed a bus attendant trying to protect them in a knife attack ...

This surprising trend highlights the broader issue of loneliness and economic struggle faced by Japan's elderly ...