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

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

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

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

In Japan's Tochigi Women's Prison, an 81-year-old inmate, Akiyo, has found an unexpected sense of stability behind bars. Serving her second sentence for theft, Akiyo's story sheds light on the ...