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The article explores the 1892 election's significance, highlighting its parallels with contemporary politics, emphasizing the potential for change amid voter frustration and offering insights into structural reforms emerging from political stagnation.

The article focuses on Japan's seemingly stable and cohesive society despite economic challenges, a shrinking population, and political stagnation, attributing the sense of calm to a national mindset of "Shouganai" (it can't be helped) and various positive aspects.

The article focuses on the living arrangements of older adults in the U.S. and how they compare to other regions around the world, highlighting the relatively high percentage of American seniors living alone and the economic, cultural, and family factors contributing to this trend.

The article reports that the September, 2023, issue of Vogue featuring iconic supermodels raises a debate about beauty standards and age erasure, as the cover photos of Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, and Cindy Crawford are criticized for appearing overly retouched.

The article focuses on the question of how old is too old to serve in public office, especially as the country faces the possibility of a presidential contest between the oldest candidates in American history, President Biden and Donald J. Trump.

The article focuses on the fatal hospital fire in Beijing, shedding light on China's shortage of elder care. It discusses the challenges in meeting the growing demand for long-term care facilities, including social stigmas, long waiting lists, high costs, and difficulties in obtaining licenses and trained staff. It mentions calls for government action to address the shortage and suggests integrating medical and elder care or facilitating private sector involvement.

An interview with Motoko Rich, The New York Times's Tokyo bureau chief is presented including talks about the graying populations of Japan and other Asian countries and considered Asia aging and how did they get there.

The article reports on the possible increase in employment in the U.S. health care from 2019 to 2029 according to the outlook of Labor Department economists in April 2021.

The article focuses on the abdication of Japanese emperor Hirohito from the imperial throne and was succeeded by his son Naruhito in 2019. Topics covered include Hirohito's important role in bringing the royal family much closer to the people, the opposition of conservatives to his embrace of atonement for Japan's war crimes, and the challenges faced by the new emperor including a low birthrate and an aging population.

The article focuses on the climate change has spurred more torrential rains in Japan, causing deadly flooding and mudslides in a nation with many rivers and mountains. Topics include flooding and landslides killed 237 people across 14 prefectures in western Japan; and the coronavirus pandemic is adding an extra layer of complexity.

The article reports that a growing number of restaurants in Japan have been catering to the needs of an aging population by adjusting their menus. Particular focus is given to the high number of older people in the country. Information on the puréed meal that Kaze no Oto serves to its older customers is provided.

The article highlights the projections of global population growth including the world's population, getting older and its growth is slowing down and views of John Wilmoth, director of population division in United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs on the population growth.

The article offers information on vascular surgery chief Herbert Dardik at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey who became the first doctor evaluated to the aging surgeon program at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

The article offers information on the labor shortage in Japan which has led the country to authorize increase in number of foreign workers, discussing the traditional anti-immigration standpoint of Japan, the need of caregivers for older people, and the potential exploitation of foreign workers.

The article reports on the government policy concerning the gun ownership in the U.S. Particular focus was given on the legality of firearms removal for older people, the growing population aging the nation, and the prevalence of guns in the homes of older people with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Comments from Karen Postal, a neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts, are also included.

The article discusses the demand for geriatricians in the U.S. within the context of an increasing population of elderly people in the country, including the Portland, Oregon geriatrician Dr. Elizabeth Eckstrom's treatment of the older patients Phyllis Wolfe and Ruth Miles. The impact that geriatricians' salaries have on the lack of them in the U.S. is discussed.

Statistics is given regarding the percentage of the aging work force led by scientists in the U.S. from 1993-2008.

The article reports on the pronouncement of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office on the role of population aging for the increase in public health spending as the median age in the country is projected to rise to about 40 by 2040.

The article reports on the capacity of French President François Hollande to address the economic problems of France in 2013. It says that one of the biggest challenges that Hollande faced is how to maintain the social model of the country in the midst of globalization, aging population, and the European sovereign debt crisis. It notes the concerns expressed by Germany whether Hollande can confront his own political party and make the necessary social and structural reforms.

The article focuses on the contribution of Chinese President Xi Jinping to change policy of China to have only one child to balance population development and deal with aging population.

The article discusses the difficulty U.S. cities are experiencing with recruiting and retaining city managers, with 6400+ positions open. With the baby boomers reaching retirement age, there will be government talent shortages to come. The City/County Management Association calls the unfilled executive and managerial jobs a crisis, and City of Palo Alto, California city manager Frank Benest finds it a "demographic tsunami."

The author reflects on the demographic problems in the European Union which affects the economy, including aging population, population decline, and anti-immigration policies.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles published in previous issues including "A Struggle to Keep an Aging Nation on Its Feet," in the November 3, 2014 issue, "A Tiny Stumble, a Life Upended," in the November 4, 2014 issue and Joan Ree's experience after her fall.

The article provides the author's perspective about aging in the 21st century and its social, financial and health risks.

The article reports on the slowdown of medical costs globally driven by factors including slow economic growth, aging population, political forces, and other fiscal pressures.

The article focuses on the election of Shinzo Abe as prime minister in Japan. It states that Abe won the support of 328 members of the 480-seat lower house over Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda during the elections on December 16, 2012. It also mentions Abe's plans for the country and his commitment to encourage growth by offering 10 trillion yen in public works and other emergency stimulus spending.

The article discusses the low birthrate in Japan and its impact to its economy. It states that the country has struggled for decades in addressing its challenges faced with economic stagnation, depopulating countryside, and aging society. It adds that the shortage can be addressed by taking three steps such as establishment of more subsidized public day care centers, revision of old systems on employee management, and the encouragement of more women to enter the labor force after giving birth.

TOKYO -- The unpopular government of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda suffered another setback on Monday when the largest faction of his Democratic Party quit over a proposed tax increase, leaving the party barely in control of Parliament's lower house. Ichiro Ozawa, a former party head and its onetime power broker, led 49 other lawmakers in resigning from the party to oppose a bill backed by Mr. Noda to double the national sales tax to 10 percent by 2015. While the prime minister said the increase was needed to defray the costs of Japan's rapidly aging population, Mr. Ozawa called it a betrayal of the party's pledge not to raise taxes, made before a historic election swept it to power three years ago. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Melanie Dawn Sereny and Jonathan Paulk Brasher are to be married Sunday evening at Shady Wagon Farm in New Hill, N.C. Rabbi John Friedman is to officiate. Ms. Sereny, 29, is keeping her name. She is studying for a doctorate in sociology at Duke, from which she also received a master's in the subject. Her research focuses on population aging and intergenerational relations in China. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SOUTHBURY, Conn. -- Judy Plouffe and her mom are big on mother-daughter outings in this picturesque suburb off Interstate 84. There are Friday pizza nights with their neighbors in Heritage Village, van trips to the Danbury Fair Mall and a full schedule of events at what used to be the town library. Ms. Plouffe is partial to the aerobics, pinochle and square dancing there. Her mother, Frances Lefevre, preferred weight-lifting, tai chi and bowling on the Wii until health problems slowed her down, but she figures she is about ready to get back to some of her favored activities at the old library, which is now the Southbury Senior Center. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

EAST NORTHPORT, N.Y. -- When the housing market collapsed in 2008, construction of retirement and assisted-living housing ground to a halt, just as it did in most commercial real estate sectors, as access to capital evaporated. But a few companies kept their development teams intact in the recession, and are now building new facilities and expanding their operations. And as lending loosens, they say, they are poised to benefit from the housing needs of America's aging population. The developers who have grown in these lean years tend to be small to midsize regional operations that know their local markets well, had a strong portfolio before the crash and have been able to persuade banks to lend despite the dour economy. They also tend to invest in assisted-living rental properties, which are tied to health care rather than personal housing choices. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TOKYO TRADERS here are fond of joking that no one has lost money betting against Japan since the collapse of the bubble economy of the 1980s. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HERE is the problem with typical ''elder tech'' products: there's not enough ''tech'' in a phone that uses an oversize keypad but offers limited features, for one example. Advancing age can rob people of their abilities, and products that help mitigate that are good things indeed. But what if the need for that kind of assistance is still decades away? Today's baby boomers are just now crossing the retirement line, but that does not render them incapacitated. Far from it. It may, however, render them out of touch. ''What's developing is a digital divide,'' said Ken Dychtwald, the chief executive of Age Wave, a research and consulting organization that focuses on population aging. ''New technologies are largely oriented to people under the age of 50,'' Mr. Dychtwald said. ''If you're older than that, you have to muster the courage to ask your family how things work.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As an aging population threatens to overwhelm the nation's hospitals and doctors, thousands of seriously ill patients are relying on computerized health trackers to help keep them safe at home. Rachel Hofstad, 94, of Rochester, Minn., has one hooked up in her bedroom. A retired teacher with chronic lung disease, Ms. Hofstad is one of 200 patients in a randomized trial of a home monitoring system being conducted by doctors at the Mayo Clinic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

''The arithmetic is, unfortunately, quite clear.'' Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, on the fiscal challenges that an aging American population poses for the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the rise in population of Ireland. According to the April 2006 census, the Irish population swelled by 322,645 during the last four years. With this, the total population rose to 4.2 million. The population rise has been contributed almost equally by immigrants and births. Demographers expect that the population will rise to over five million in about a dozen years. The median age of the population is close to 33.

The article focuses on problems of graying population in Kashiwazaki-shi, Japan highlighted after the earthquake that hit on July 16, 2007. Graying in Kashiwazaki-shi is caused by falling rate of birth and exodus by job-hunters to bigger cities in Japan. The problems of the graying society, says Hikoichi Araki, a city councilman, is made clear by disasters like this earthquake.

The article reports that the population in the U.S. suburbs is aging faster than that in the country's central cities. This was disclosed in a report released on June 11, 2007, by the research group Brookings Institution. The report also revealed that wealthier and more educated suburbanites are moving to cities. The growth in elderly populations is due to aging of baby boomers, not because of migration of retirees to those areas.

The article focuses on the problem of graying population in industrialized countries. Scholars opine that greater access to birth control, later marriage, drop in hopefulness about future and job stress lead women to bear fewer children. According to sociologist Ronald Rindfuss Norwegian women who live in towns with more day care centers available have more children and become mothers earlier.