Japan is seeing a spread of so-called welfare nail services, or nail stylists dispatched to welfare and other facilities giving manicures to elderly or disabled people.
The number of certified providers of such services, known as “welfare nailists,” has grown 3.5-fold over years, according to a training organization.
“According to a survey conducted by the Consumer Affairs Agency and others, fatal accidents involving escalators were recorded at least seven times from June 2004 through March 2024.The Japan Elevator Association reported the number of accidents involving escalators was 1,550 during the two years from 2018 to 2019, which is two times higher than the number 15 years ago.”
A woman in her 80s died Wednesday after her neck became trapped under the handrail at the bottom of an escalator at a supermarket in Tokyo, police said, in the latest accident of its kind in recent months.
On the morning of the 12th, a woman in her 80s was found collapsed with her neck trapped near the handrail of an escalator at a supermarket in Nishitokyo City, Tokyo, and was taken to the hospital, but later died. The woman was using a shopping cart, and the Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating the details of the incident.
Elderly people living alone are increasing across Japan. Against the backdrop, municipalities often struggle to find relatives of people who died alone. There are also cases in which bereaved relatives refuse to receive the bodies of such people.
Technical and financial problems have been identified in the year since Japan’s first transportation service using so-called Level 4 autonomous driving began in the town of Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture.
Amid the country’s declining population, Level 4 autonomous driving, or fully automated driving under certain conditions, is viewed as a promising means of transport. The service in the central Japan town, however, has shown hurdles that must be cleared.
Academic and other members of a Japanese government panel Thursday proposed changing the country’s age definition of elderly people from 65 or over to 70 or over, in line with an increase in healthy life expectancy.
A woman in her 70s died at her home in Nagoya’s Meito Ward, and her severely disabled son in his 40s, who lived with her, was found in a weakened state on the 14th of this month.
A woman in her 70s died at her home in Nagoya’s Meito Ward, and her severely disabled son in his 40s, who lived with her, was found in a weakened state on the 14th of this month.
About 68,000 people aged 65 and over in Japan are estimated to die alone at home unnoticed annually, data collected by the National Police Agency indicated Tuesday.
Preliminary police figures showed 21,716 people nationwide died “lonely deaths” from January to March. Nearly 80 percent of that number, or 17,034 people, were aged 65 and over.
The police agency is expected to continue collecting the data as part of government efforts to tackle the issue, as the country is grappling with a rapidly greying society.
Barrier Free Japan