At least 68 people died during the winter – all but 10 of them over 65 – when record-breaking snow hit the country’s north.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 30% of Japan's population is 65 or older, and many still work.Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images Japan has adapted to ...

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 ...

What does it mean for a town to prepare for its own disappearance? To find out, one has to look no further than Yubari, a ...

Japan still matters to specialty drug makers for a simple reason: it has a large and fast-aging patient population, broad public insurance and one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical markets. That ...