Japan has the largest percentage of older people in the world, with 27.

Japan’s average life expectancy was the highest in the world, at 83.

After the recession of the 1990s, Japan’s white collar salarymen increasingly must work arduous hours for fear of losing their jobs.

This short documentary follows a mother’s devotion after her 11-year-old daughter is struck by a stray bullet in New York City.

The number of temp workers in Japan has been steadily climbing – from 16% in 1985 to 34% in 2007.