China will set a plan to raise the statutory retirement age in 2017 to relieve pressures from an aging population, an official researcher said.
The Japanese parliament on Wednesday passed a revised law to lower the country's voting age from 20 to 18, marking the biggest reform of the election system in 70 years.
Australia's birth rate has risen for the first time in five years, according to research from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Neuroscientists have discovered an unexpected benefit of getting older, which is, a more nuanced understanding of social signals, such as the age of others, according to a new British study published on Friday.
A Chinese human resources official has denied that planned changes to retirement age will start with either civil servants or those engaged in heavy physical labor.
Nearly 70 percent of Chinese people are opposed to a proposal to increase the retirement age, as the country looks to improve its pension system, according to a survey on Friday.
Legislation to protect vulnerable witnesses and victims in Commonwealth criminal proceedings was introduced into Australian Parliament on Wednesday.
Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed that the retirement age for certain types of workers should be increased by five years.
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