An 81-year-old Japanese woman, Akiyo, commits crimes intentionally to avoid loneliness and receive stable living conditions ...

An 81-year-old woman in Japan, identified as Akiyo, deliberately committed theft to secure a place in prison, highlighting ...

Despairing grandmother who lives on meagre pension says she would rather take ‘stability’ of prison than life on outside.

Japan’s largest women’s prison has become home to a growing number of seniors.

Akiyo was lodged in Tochigi Women's Prison, Japan's largest women's prison, located north of Tokyo. It houses nearly 500 ...

But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women’s prison ... who CNN is identifying by a pseudonym for privacy. “Perhaps this life is the most stable for me.” The women in Tochigi live ...

The rising level of loneliness among Japan’s ageing population is pushing some elderly women to view life in prison as a better alternative to freedom. At Tochigi Women’s Prison, the largest women’s ...

Akiyo, who has been jailed twice for theft, first stole food in her 60s and later repeated the offense when she had to survive on a meagre pension received every two months.

Japan has one of the world’s fastest-aging populations. As life expectancy rises and birth rates decline, the country faces ...

Japan is known for its long life expectancy, but extending the period in which people are fully healthy is another important target. In 2022, “healthy life expectancy,” the period during which ...