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China island centenarians claim secret of long life The elderly residents of one Chinese county have endured invasion, civil war and famine, and many live in unheated concrete shacks on only a few dollars a day.

15 July 2013

Elderly shoplifters outstrip teenagers in Tokyo The number of elderly people caught shoplifting in Japan's capital city has outstripped that of teenagers for the first time since records began.

08 July 2013

Grandmother, 77, wins first China neglect case: report The daughter of a Chinese grandmother has been ordered to visit her at least once every two months, in the first case under a new law to protect the elderly.

03 July 2013

Number of Kazakhstan elderly people in retirement homes halved in 3 years The number of Kazakhstan elderly people living in retirement homes has reduced by 50% in three years.

23 July 2012