Blue Zone is a nonscientific term given to geographic regions that are home to the world's oldest people. It was coined ... Sardinia (Italy), Okinawa (Japan), Nicoya Peninsula (Costa Rica) and ...

Overall, 20,320 people took their own lives in Japan in 2024, down 1,517 from a year earlier. Female suicides numbered 6,519, while male suicides were at 13,801. Editor: If you or someone you know in ...

“Awamori connects people, even a foreign visitor seated ... with a history stretching back to the 15th century, awamori is Japan’s oldest distilled liquor. Awamori became so prized in the ...

The president of Carefriend Toshima which dispatches caregivers to the homes of elderly clients. The number of nursing care workers nationwide fell to 2.126 million in fiscal 2023, down by 28,000 from ...