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Ageing, Indebted Japan Debates Right To 'Die With Dignity'
Although Japan has one of the world's fastest ageing populations, the country has no laws regarding "living wills", let alone assisted suicide, which is legal in a few U.S. states such as California and some nations including Canada and Belgium.
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In Rapidly Aging Japan, Dying Is Big Business
In a country with many more deaths than births each year, Japanese companies are looking to maximize the amount of money people spend on shuffling off their mortal coil, from preparing "ending notes" and choosing coffins to arranging to have their ashes blasted into space or turned into diamonds.
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India no country for old men: UN report
India stands a dismal 73rd in the list of 91 countries, according to a UN-backed study on the wellbeing of the elderly in a rapidly ageing world.
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Ageing, Indebted Japan Debates Right To 'Die With Dignity'
Although Japan has one of the world's fastest ageing populations, the country has no laws regarding "living wills", let alone assisted suicide, which is legal in a few U.S. states such as California and some nations including Canada and Belgium.
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In Rapidly Aging Japan, Dying Is Big Business
In a country with many more deaths than births each year, Japanese companies are looking to maximize the amount of money people spend on shuffling off their mortal coil, from preparing "ending notes" and choosing coffins to arranging to have their ashes blasted into space or turned into diamonds.
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India no country for old men: UN report
India stands a dismal 73rd in the list of 91 countries, according to a UN-backed study on the wellbeing of the elderly in a rapidly ageing world.
