Japan’s population is aging faster than anywhere else. Nearly 30% of people are over 65, second only to Monaco. Last year, more than 18,000 people with dementia went missing, and almost 500 were found dead. These cases have doubled since 2012. With fewer young workers and limits on foreign caregivers, the demand for care is rising. Health care costs are expected to reach 9 trillion yen in 2025 and could climb to 14 trillion yen, or 90 billion US dollars, by 2030. Japan is resorting to technology to help resolve this crisis, not to replace people, but to assist.…
Author: Arafat Hasib
A boat repeatedly targeted by the US military in September was on its way to meet another vessel bound for Suriname, not necessarily the United States, according to the admiral in charge of the operation, as reported by two sources. Adm. Frank Bradley said intelligence showed the smaller boat was supposed to deliver drugs to a larger ship headed to a South American country, but that second ship was never found. Bradley argued the shipment could have ended up in the US, which he said justified the strike. US drug agencies report that trafficking routes through Suriname usually go…
