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Nagasaki teens find missing elderly woman by simply striking up a conversation on the bus

• Ingrid Tsai
  Feb 1, 2021
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In this case, chatting up a stranger was for a good cause. 

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• (bus • buses • COK • elderly • missing person • moving • public transportation • society • touching • youth)

Elderly Wakayama woman arrested for hacking her local supermarket’s self-checkout

• Master Blaster
  Dec 12, 2020

Senior turned to computer fraud to get a discount on her eggs.

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• (aging population • computer fraud • crime • discount stickers • elderly • Kainan • self-checkout • seniors • supermarkets • Wakayama)

Middle-aged Tokyo man, escorted by his mother, confesses to killing elderly homeless woman

• Dale Roll
  Nov 24, 2020

A sad tale of a homeless person being punished for taking up space. 

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• (assault • crime • elderly • homeless • murder • news • sad • Tokyo • violence)

Aichi man arrested for stealing 70,000 yen in toy money from safe

• Master Blaster
  Oct 1, 2020

Crime doesn’t pay, unless you have a game of Monopoly planned later on.

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• (Aichi • burglary • crime • elderly • fake money • Nishio • toy money)

One in four Japanese women is now over 70

• Master Blaster
  Sep 24, 2020

Not no country for old women.

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• Japan
• (aging population • elderly • population • respect for the aged day • senior citizens • statistics)

Japanese Granny shows how to elegantly get a little extra personal space for social distancing

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 11, 2020

Every little counter-measure can help…right? This one makes it natural and easy to keep a little extra distance.

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• Japan
• (clever • coronavirus • elderly • life hacks • parasols • seniors • social distancing)

Better living through gambling at Japan’s “Day Service Las Vegas”

• Master Blaster
  Nov 16, 2019

What happens in Day Service Las Vegas thankfully doesn’t stay in Day Service Las Vegas.

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• Japan
• (adult day care • aging society • business • Day Service Las Vegas • elderly • gambling • senior citizens)

Elderly Japanese couple’s cute restaurant anecdote brings smiles and “d’aww”s to the table

• Katy Kelly
  Oct 16, 2019

A cute Twitter observation shows that romance is like fine wine – it gets better with age.

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• (cute • elderly • married life • moving • relationship • romance • seniors • touching)

“Driving graduation ceremonies” are new way to help coax elderly to give up their licenses【Video】

• CJ
  Apr 29, 2019

This idea might help move some unsafe drivers off the road.

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• (drivers • driving • elderly • elderly drivers • road trip • video)

Man stops train from leaving station in Japan, video goes viral online

• Oona McGee
  Apr 12, 2019

Elderly passenger purposely halts train and causes delay, ignoring rail staff who try to control the situation. 

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• (Aichi • elderly • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • metro • Nagoya • news • rogai • seniors • Subway • train stations • trains • transportation • videos)

Japanese grandpa’s “for fun” ink paintings are so divine they’re now part of a beautiful temple

• Dale Roll
  Feb 12, 2019

It’s only his hobby, but this grandpa is good enough to become a professional.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • elderly • grandpa • ink painting • sumi-e • temple)

Twitter photographer captures Japanese newlyweds… and a glimpse of their possible future

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 29, 2018

There’s a poetic beauty to this shot that will make the couple want to revisit it decades down the line.

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• (cute • elderly • newlyweds • photographs • romance • Wedding • weddings)

Japanese train travel isn’t all packed cars and gropers, old man’s flash-formed relay team proves

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 21, 2018

When this senior citizen saw someone drop their wallet in a crowded station, he used the power of teamwork to return it.

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• (COK • cool • elderly • moving • seniors • touching • trains)

Japan sees huge growth in jobs in the “cleaning up the homes of old people who die alone” field

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2018

Demand grows more than 10 times in size in just five years as Japanese family dynamics change.

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• Japan
• (aging population • business • COK • death • elderly • seniors • society • working in Japan)

85-year-old Japanese granny wows internet with amazing piano performance【Video】

• Dale Roll
  Apr 28, 2018

She has trouble standing and taking a bow after her performance, but her hands glide like the wind across the keys.

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• Japan
• (awesome • elderly • music • piano • piano performance • seniors • video)

81-year-old Japanese man leaps into river to save drowning 86-year-old woman

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 17, 2018

Because you’re never too old to be a hero.

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• (accident • COK • drowning • elderly • hero • heroism • moving • river • seniors • touching)

Japan’s angriest old man takes time out of busy day to yell at young driver, gets arrested【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2018

Rural resident doesn’t have time for slow driver, somehow does have time to stop and call him a dumbass.

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• (cars • crazy • crime • driving • elderly • seniors • video)

Tough national exam question for elderly care workers in Japan hits netizens right in the feels

• Koh Ruide
  Feb 5, 2018

Life will come to an end someday, and it takes a special individual with a big heart to support those nearing the last legs of a long journey.

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• Japan
• (aging population • elderly • examinations • Japanese Twitter • touching)

Elderly couple show off Dance Dance Revolution skills at Japanese video game arcade 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 8, 2018

Proof that you can enjoy video games no matter how old you are.

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• Japan
• (age • couples • cute • Dance Dance Revolution • DDR • elderly • game arcade • game centers • heartwarming • Japanese games • video games • videos)

Funeral home in Japan offers drive-through funeral services

• Richard Simmonds
  Dec 19, 2017

When you want to mourn the loss of someone and wish them eternal happiness in the afterlife without getting out of the car.

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• Japan
• (drive-thru • elderly • funerals • Nagano • services)

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