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

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Okinoshima Town is located on the remote island of Dogo in western Japan, Shimane Prefecture ... Schools in some rural areas don't even offer team sports anymore, focusing instead on individual ...

As a typical rural area in Japan, convenience cannot be expected in Nagi like in urban districts. How could this small town, with less than 6,000 residents, succeed in raising the fertility rate ...