Because of the shrinking population and internal migration, Japan has millions of unoccupied houses in rural areas. But thanks to the low prices and the lack of restrictions on foreigners ...

What’s it really like to buy land in Japan’s rural areas? Join me as I share my journey to owning a plot in Nikko, Japan.

The initiative aims to promote rural revitalization through corporate-sponsored training programs and employee side jobs ...

The initiative is designed to breathe new life into quieter parts of Japan that have seen young locals moving to bustling ...

The number of young people in rural areas is declining, hit by falling fertility rates and migration into the big cities, and Japanese agriculture is increasingly relying on workers from abroad to ...

Batgerel Ariungerel, a 26-year-old Mongolian who has fallen for the town of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture, has always preferred ...

94 percent of all Japanese local governments are expected to see a residential decrease. In some rural areas, residents are afraid their homeland will disappear. Kawakami Village in Nara ...

Japan saw a record 36.9 million foreign tourists due to post-pandemic tourism surge and a weakened yen making travel cheaper.