This is Tokyo’s famous Shibuya Crossing, which is one of the busiest pedestrian crossings in the world. It feels like the ...

Japan may be known for its bustling ... Natsume moves to live with his kind distant relatives, the Fujiwaras, in a rural town. Here Natsume discovers the “Book of Friends” left behind by ...

Good to know: In winter, dress warmly. All visitors are required to sit on the temple’s chilly floor and use a calligraphy ...

MEIWA, Gunma Prefecture--When Costco Wholesale opened its warehouse in a rural Japanese town not far from Tokyo last year offering hundreds of jobs at eye-popping pay, a nearby noodle shop chain ...

Small town Japan is dying ... But that's not the WHOLE story.... The future of rural life in rural Japan is changing. First lady Jill Biden announces she is leaving her teaching post after ...

Japan is urging Australians to explore the country beyond the typical tourist hotspots as visitor numbers reach record highs.

Labour shortage fuels increased bankruptcies among small Japanese firms Japan faces shortage of 3.4 million workers by decade's end, study shows Ishiba's rural ... in Ino, a town on the smallest ...

Due to the shrinking population and internal migration toward cities, there are millions of unoccupied houses in rural Japanese towns. In recent years, the Japanese government started offering ...

If so, the effects will test whether anything can loosen the GOP’s grip on small-town America during the Trump era, or whether the fervor of his rural supporters provides Trump nearly unlimited ...