For men, average life expectancy was 81.35 years, up 0.25 years from the previous year. For women, the figure was 87.33 years ...

Despite what Miyazaki films may have led you to believe, nowhere in the world is perfect, not even Japan.

Four major Japanese life insurers, including Nippon Life Insurance, reported higher revenues in fiscal 2025, driven mainly by ...

Japan’s centenarian population has reached a record high as the country continues to maintain the world’s longest life expectancy – a milestone officials credit to healthy lifestyles and fewer fatal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here's a number that might make you put down that second donut: In the United States, around 40 percent of all adults are ...

A pair of life insurers announced significant reinsurance deals this week with Japanese reinsurance companies. Billion-dollar reinsurance arrangements are part of the new life insurance industry ...

Having grown up and lived in the US my entire life, my first night in Tokyo as a fresh college graduate was a full-on culture shock. I couldn't read the restaurant menu, so I had to point at pictures ...

TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Many Japanese life insurers, major investors in global bonds, plan to reduce currency hedging amid the yen's slump, as well as investing more in superlong-dated domestic debt.

Japan’s biggest life insurer said unrealized losses on its domestic bond holdings more than tripled last fiscal year as rising interest rates undercut the value of its portfolio. Nippon Life Insurance ...

In the United States, the percentage of obese adults is about ten times what it is in Japan, even though fast food, junk food, pizza and donuts are also popular there. Correspondent Adam Yamaguchi ...