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 ...

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 ...

A neurosurgeon reveals Japan's exceptional longevity stems not just from diet, but from daily habits. Consistent routines, mindful eating with smaller portions, integrated physical activity, and ...

Old people have a distinct smell and research has revealed exactly why. Experts have also revealed a specific food which can help get rid of the smell. In Japan, where nearly a third of the population ...

A century ago, the Japanese critic Sōetsu Yanagi, with the potters Shōji Hamada and Kawai Kanjirō, coined the term Mingei (“art of the people”), an elision of minshūteki kōgei (“ordinary people’s ...

More than 1,000 other people were forced from their homes by the flooding brought by Typhoon Lionrock. Nine people killed in flooded Japanese old people's home Nine people were killed when floods ...

Kawata Yasutoshi was never cut out for traditional Japanese corporate life. As a former guitarist in a heavy-metal band, he found working at a large electronics firm frustrating: particularly the ...

Japan’s regional economies are facing severe labor shortages. Their survival depends on their ability to persuade foreign workers to stay. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo and ...

TOKYO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Floods have inundated an old people's home in Japan killing nine people, police said on Wednesday, taking the death toll from a typhoon battering northern parts of the ...