Japan sets record of nearly 100k people aged over 100(bbc.com)

307 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 178 comments

Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities(bbc.com)

92 points by tchalla 2 months ago | 117 comments

Japan's elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail(cnn.com)

30 points by Tomte 1 year ago | 16 comments

Yayoi Kusama has died(bbc.com)

105 points by herbertl 2 months ago | 11 comments

Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame(bbc.com)

334 points by ranit 5 months ago | 151 comments

BBC Future article on how 1950s Japanese cedar and cypress planting programs led to widespread pollen allergies across Japan today.

Japan’s population fell by 800k last year as demographic crisis accelerates(cnn.com)

28 points by e2e4 3 years ago | 34 comments