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Is retirement officially dead in Japan?

Japan in Focus

An increasing number of elderly people in Japan are a part of the workforce. Some are looking for a sense of purpose, while others need to work to make ends meet. Rebecca Rosman profiled three older workers as they shared the jobs they hold into their golden years.

Hamptons hospital adapts fall-prevention classes for aging Spanish-speaking population 

Immigration

Japan’s oldest village tries to attract new, younger residents

Japan in Focus

An Old Wise Man Once Said

Arts, Culture & Media

Patricia Marx Wants You to Be Less Stupid

Arts, Culture & Media
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Marijuana could give a cognitive boost to older brains

Science

Older mouse brains, that is — but researchers hope that the findings could someday help elderly humans.

Japanese Yasutaro Koide, 112, receives the Guinness World Records certificate as he is formally recognized as the world's oldest man. He lives in a nursing home in Nagoya, in central Japan.

Japan is home to the world’s oldest population — and the world’s oldest man

Health

There are 50,000 people over 100 years of age in Japan. Until recently, they got a special present for reaching that milestone.

Aging

‘The first person to live to 150 has already been born.’

Health

Aging is a disease — not just an inevitable process. That’s according to researcher David Sinclair, who explains why 150 year olds will be good for society.

Lucy Oliveira of the New Bedford Immigrants' Assistance Center sits with 86-year-old Margarida Xavier, who moved to the US from Portugal in the 1960s. Oliveira visits Xavier's home every month and often helps Xavier read her mail.

Some Portuguese immigrants feel isolated as they grow old in their adopted home

Lifestyle

Margarida Xavier came to Massachusetts in the 1960s, when the Portuguese community in New Bedford was a booming microcosm of life back home. As younger generations integrate, life for the most elderly immigrants, who still maintain the culture and language of their home, are feeling isolated.

Nose

What your sense of smell tells you about your health

Science

When you go to the doctor you may get an eye test or a hearing test — but you never get a smell test. A new study from researchers at the University of Chicago may change that.

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