With onsen hot springs, ancient shrines and great forests of broadleaf and conifer trees that conceal galloping waterfalls, ...
Miklajung Rural Municipality of Morang and the Minamitane City of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan have established sister city ...
Japan’s countryside certainly offers a different experience than its cities, but whether that makes it categorically superior ...
Akane Tanaka Schneider walks with her dogs at a park in Ome city, Tokyo. Image: AFP The insularity of rural Japan was stifling for 37-year-old Akane Tanaka Schneider, who grew up in Niigata and now ...
The village of Ichinono is emblematic of Japan's demographic woes as marriages and births continue to decline.
HITACHI, Japan — By pledging to revitalize depopulated rural areas, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hopes to help his party retain its majority in Sunday's general election. Over 40% of ...