Nearly 1 lakh people in Japan are over 100 years old: Check 5 Japanese habits Indians can adopt for long, healthy life

Clinical nutritionist Prachi Mandholia said India can borrow – not copy – the Japanese 'longevity blueprint' to boost ...
The Economist

Japan and South Korea are struggling with old-age poverty

At a soup kitchen in Dongdaemun, a district of Seoul synonymous with the capital’s fashionistas, Kim Mi-kyung is busy preparing for the lunch rush. Ms Kim explains that the kitchen serves around 500 ...
VegOut Magazine

Japanese people rarely stress over these 4 things and science shows they live longer as a result

New research reveals how cultural attitudes toward imperfection, comparison, and acceptance contribute to Japan's ...
Reuters

Old age far from gentle for Japan's graying homeless

TOKYO (Reuters) - Kyoko Machiya should be enjoying life with grandchildren. Instead, the 64-year-old's home is a makeshift structure of boxes covered with blue plastic in a Tokyo park. Homelessness in ...
NPR

Japan's Mingei art movement is having a revival as it turns 100 years old

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet ...