Japan's Elderly Crime Wave

The number of crimes committed by people over 65 in Japan is on the rise.  Meagre state pensions that do not pay bills and loneliness are pushing a growing number of elderly Japanese to commit petty crimes, reoffend and serve long terms in prison, where they can find food, accommodation and healthcare for free... and company too!  If you want to find out more, you can read this BBC News Stories article, which includes a short video (in Japanese and English with subtitles) and a link to a radio report from BBC radio 4 and the BBC World Service programme "Assignment". Both the text and the video can be classified as B2 level.

Here you can find a direct link to the BBC Radio 4 report (and the BBC World Service Assignment programme) on Japan's Elderly Crime Wave, which lasts 28 minutes. The narrator speaks slowly and very clearly, but there is  no transcript, so the documentary is classified as C2.