ASIA RETIREMENT

Worker-backed care-giving fund for the very old and infirm proposed

BANGKOK: Worawan Chandoeywit, adviser on social security to the Thailand Development Research Institute, floated the… read more

Powered-muscle suits get Japan’s elderly back into workforce

TOKYO: Forget artificially intelligent robots — according to scientist Hiroshi Kobayashi, powered-muscle suits are the… read more

Asia struggles to define housing policy for aging

TOKYO: The government in Japan is facing an immediate demographic crisis with regards to seniors,… read more

Collective homes solution for those who don’t want to live alone

TOKYO: When her mother passed away, a 59-year-old single woman was struck with a sense… read more