How do you say "deepfake," "ASAP" and "digital" in Korean? The fight to keep foreign words from diluting the language ...

Japan’s colonization of Korea from 1910 to 1945 introduced loanwords including gao ... Studies have shown that the elderly and those without college educations struggle with loanwords, potentially ...

One of the most successful films in this genre was made outside of Hollywood, produced by the only society in the world that has actually been a victim of nuclear war: Japan. No, not Godzilla ...

In an incident that highlights the ageing population crisis in Japan, an elderly woman deliberately committed crimes to secure a place in prison so that she could live for free, having been abandoned.

Akiyo has been incarcerated twice at Tochigi Women's Prison, the largest facility for women in Japan, situated north of Tokyo. The prison houses nearly 500 inmates, many of whom are elderly.

Profit, rather than charitable motives, drives agencies dedicated to placing elderly individuals in care homes. What may sound obvious becomes murkier when those individuals and their families ...

Serving her second sentence for theft, Akiyo's story sheds light on the struggles many elderly Japanese face amid the nation's ageing crisis, reported the South China Morning Post. She was first ...

"One of the most fascinating aspects of Japanese culture, which moved and touched me, is the way they take care of the elderly population. All of us know that Japan is the forerunner in the field ...

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to go, stay and eat. By Finn-Olaf Jones Unlike the high jinks and ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

Travel to Japan has never been more popular. Yet, while the country has an enviable amount of assets, most tourists only visit perennial favorites like Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto and miss out on the ...