Shareholder distributions are appropriate. JR East has a long-term dividend payout ratio of 30% and plans to return a further 10% to shareholders via share buybacks in the medium term. While ...

The U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) track more than 230 performance indicators to determine progress in social, ...

Global Differences in Flourishing : The study saw that many middle-income developing countries were doing better in terms of meaning, purpose and relationships than the richer developed world.

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and ...

But the nation's population has been in decline for 15 years. Last year, more than two people died for every baby born — a ...

Maria Pia Caruso travelled to Rome from her hometown in northern Italy after she learned Pope Francis had died at age 88, to ...

MICHAEL BECKLEY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from WNW to NW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 53 °F (11.7 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 78 °F (25.6 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 8 mph (8 to 12.9 ...

CapitaLand Investment’s CEO of Southeast Asia Investment Patricia Goh said wellness is applicable to all age groups, and that people may focus on different programmes and activities as they age.

Vijayawada, Apr 16 (PTI) Southern states, where fertility rates have fallen well below replacement levels, face problematic increases in dependency ratios and ageing populations ... states may need ...