Japan is facing a dementia crisis – can technology help?
Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent, TokyoBBCScientists at Waseda University in Tokyo are developing caregiving robotsLast year, more than 18,000 older people living with dementia left their homes and wandered off in…
Can Japan get more female business leaders?
Phoebe AmorosoBusiness reporter, TokyoAFP via Getty ImagesSome hope that the election of Japan's first female prime minister will open doors for other womenIn October Japan got its first female prime…
Covid fraud and error cost taxpayers £10.9bn, report will say
Josh MartinBusiness reporterGetty ImagesThe report will look at Covid-era programmes like Eat Out to Help Out, which subsidised hospitality billsCovid-19 support programmes cost taxpayers nearly £11bn through fraud and error,…
Young people to lose benefits if they turn down work, says minister
Paul Seddon,Political reporterandKathryn ArmstrongPat McFadden says government's youth plans a 'strong offer of help'Young people will be stripped of their right to claim benefits if they refuse a taxpayer-funded job…
Redcar Area Foodbank running reverse advent calendar
Reverse advent calendar call-out from foodbankRedcar Area FoodbankEvery day the foodbank reveals an item it wants people to donateA foodbank is asking for donations ahead of Christmas through a reverse…
Iceland boss Richard Walker to become Labour peer, sources say
Iain Watson,political correspondent,andAleks PhillipsThe chairman of the supermarket chain Iceland will be nominated for a Labour peerage, sources within the party have confirmed.They said Richard Walker was "a committed champion…
Ask-sale price gap weakening liquidity in housing market
The divergence between asking prices and final sold prices is among the reasons for poor liquidity in the existing homes market, according to a report. The study, which was carried…