As the number of elderly in the Asia-Pacific region increases exponentially, we must seek new and innovative approaches to turn this demographic trend into an opportunity to help achieve the ambitious targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In Japan's 1994 general election, the Liberal Democratic Party was the biggest winner but failed to secure a majority. It formed a coalition government, for the first time, with its rival, the Social Democratic Party. Defeating the LDP candidate, the coalition partner's head Tomiichi Murayama was elected by the country's parliament as prime minister.
TOKYO - Japan's public broadcaster on Friday apologized to the parents of a reporter who died of heart failure after logging 159 hours of overtime in a month.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran's nuclear program, a senior administration official said on Thursday, in a step that potentially could cause the 2015 accord to unravel.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Tropical Storm Nate roared toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula after drenching Central America in rain that was blamed for at least 22 deaths, and forecasters said it could strengthen and reach the Gulf Coast of the United States as a hurricane over the weekend.
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday set Britain on a course aimed at giving new hope to the dreams of young people struggling to get a home of their own.
China's plan for the multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative between the East and West is the embodiment of an interconnected world, according to Gordon Brown.
The New York Police Department is training hotel staff how to spot gun cases and is increasing security at outdoor events following the killing of 59 people by a gunman from the 32nd floor of a hotel room in Las Vegas.
STOCKHOLM - Kazuo Ishiguro, the Japanese-born British novelist best known for The Remains of the Day, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.
LOS ANGELES - The worst mass shooting in modern US history has sparked debate about gun rights among the public and at the center of Washington politics.
HAVANA - Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said that the US decision to expel 15 diplomats from the island's mission in Washington is "unfounded and unacceptable".
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