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People work out with wooden dumbbells outside a temple in Tokyo on Monday to celebrate Respect for the Elderly Day. | AFP-JIJI


Japan Elderly Fight Aging with Fitness

Japan Elderly Fight Aging with Fitness

Tokyo, London- Many elderly Japanese gathered at a shrine in downtown Tokyo on Monday in sweltering temperatures, belying their age and importance in one of the world’s most rapidly aging societies. The event to mark Respect for the Aged Day in Japan drew over 200...
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Volunteers join elderly in a party after the Iftar at the elderly care home during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Amman, Jordan June 7, 2017. Picture taken June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed


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Abdel-Qader Abu Ajameyah dictates his answers to an aide as he
takes a high school Arabic Language exam, in the West Bank city of
Hebron. (Reuters Photo)


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An elderly man walks past a damaged building in the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town in Idlib province, Syria, December 21, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi