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It's what post-Fukushima Japan fears the most; cancer. Three years after the worst nuclear disaster in a generation, there is growing evidence that a cancer cluster has developed and the victims are children.
With a plummeting birth rate and a rapidly ageing population, Japan is facing an unprecedented population collapse with vast economic, social and political implications. We explore the dangers facing the nation.
The traffic lights are still working; but just about nothing else is in the ghost town of Fukushima. Two years after the tsunami, the consequences of the nuclear disaster continue to define the residents' lives.
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On March 11th 2011 Japan woke up to a new and very frightening world. Through the eyes of the bright, smart young children who managed to survive the terrible disaster we see the pain-tinged environment in which they have to forge their futures. From the child who has forgotten how to speak to the eight-year-old who wants to become a radiation researcher. It is in turns a touching and horrifying …
At the time of year when our concern for the elderly is particularly strong, we travel to Japan, the world's oldest nation, to discover the secret to dealing with advancing age. But have they got the answers?
The world's greatest athletes may well live on top of a sacred mountain in Japan. As part of their spiritual training, the monks run 84 km every day for over three months.
Osaka is Japan's second biggest city, and Japan is the world’s second biggest economy. Yet runaway construction and mismanagement has plunged thousands into poverty.
Unemployment has hit men over 50 the hardest, but since the Japanese only get a pension after the age of 65, many are left to their own devices. But there is some hope amidst the despair.
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