STORY: Call it a sign of the times. In Japan, adult diapers are starting to outsell those for babies. That as birthrates there plummet and society ages. Around 29% of the country’s population is now ...

As cognitive decline spreads among older investors, nearly half of Japan’s GDP is increasingly vulnerable to mismanagement, fraud and inactivity.

Japan's aging workforce, labor shortages, and government policies show how the country has adapted as 30% of its population ...

A Japanese tour group shops for hula supplies in the University of Hawaii area. Technology is another arena that can help both Hawaii and Japan. Given the growing shortage of Japan’s workforce, ...

The U.S. population is older than ever, and that trend is accelerating. As baby boomers age and birth rates decline, the country is heading toward a demographic reality that Japan has been grappling ...

How companies are adapting to aging populations around the world with new products, new personnel policies and new marketing tactics. On the one hand, the declining birthrate and the shrinking ...

Yoshiko Abe is about to turn 89, but that hasn’t stopped her from going to the gym every day and trying the free-of-charge makeup course at her housing complex. “It was really helpful,” she said, all ...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Unclaimed urns containing ashes of the dead are piling up by the thousands across Japan, creating storage headaches and reflecting fraying family ties and economic ...

Private equity buyers are pouncing on several trends in Japan including aging founders without a succession plan, pressure on corporations to sell off subsidiaries and streamline costs, and activist ...