A recent survey showed that 44.1 percent of single Japanese women aged 65 and older are living in poverty, much higher than the rate for single elderly men. The poverty level is as severe as that ...

Check out this helpful article here and another from Gaijinpot for more information on traveling solo in Japan as a woman. Living in Tokyo is like living in any city if you’re a woman. You need to be ...

At most, she gets about six hours of sleep. “I’ve been living like this for a long time,” she said. The fact that Japanese women sleep less than men is not new. About 50 years ago ...

Additionally, 116-year-old Tomiko Itooka is recognized as the world's oldest living individual. Shitsui Hakoishi, 108, from Japan, was officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the world ...

A Japanese woman considered to be the world's longest ... Born on May 23, 1908, Tomiko Itooka became Japan's longest-living person in December 2023 following the death of 116-year-old Fusa Tatsumi ...