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Some do it for survival – 20% of people aged over 65 in Japan live in poverty, according to the OECD, compared to an average of 14.2% across the organization’s 38 member countries. Others do ...
This article focuses on the situation of elderly people in Japan and the recent changes in society. Japan's population is aging. During the 1950s, the percentage of the population in the 65-and-over group remained steady at around 5%. Throughout subsequent decades, however, that age group expanded, and by 1989 it had grown to 11.6% of the ...
Japan Airlines is offering free domestic flights to tourists from the US and other select countries. Tourists must book round-trip international flights with Japan Airlines to qualify.
The earliest Japanese idea of welfare first appeared in 1874 during the Meiji Period when Mercy and Relief Regulation introduced a cash allowance exclusively to orphans under 13, those who were unable to work due to illness, disabilities or old age and those who were under 15 or over 70 and lived in extreme poverty. In 1897, the Japan Social ...
Walk Japan Limited, also known as WJ, or simply Walk Japan, is a Japan based tour company, founded in 1992 by Tom Stanley and Dick Irving. The company is a pioneer of " off-the-beaten-track " walking tours in Japan and are known for their tours to parts of Japan that are often not available for most visitors to Japan.
The Japanese carrier is currently offering free domestic flights to "explore more of Japan" when people book an international flight into the country, the airline stated in a press release. The ...
In Japan, a person with a disability is defined as: "a person whose daily life or life in society is substantially limited over the long term due to a physical disability or mental disability". [ 1 ] : 125 Japan ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on 20 January 2014.
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