By 2036, 40% of India’s population will reside in cities. This presents significant challenges—the problem isn’t the pace of ...

Japan faces urban population decline by 2035, with ageing societies challenging city sustainability and prompting calls for ...

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between ... plunging you back into rural Japan of the feudal era. I begin my hike in Ena city, where ...

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 ...

“It’s a small town of about 8,000 people. Like most rural towns in Japan, it has an aging population, so anyone under the age of 50 knows each other. So, yeah, there are just not that many new ...

While the area feels quite rural and laid-back ... the idiosyncrasies of a Japanese community, it can be hard to assimilate. “Many [residents of] of the towns or village grew up together.

That makes it challenging for any Pokémon fan who may make their way to this rural location in search of the town's exclusive Pokélid. However, Japan's famous level of service has extended even ...

The authorities told 2,100 people in the town to evacuate at the weekend, though about 10 percent refused, emergency services officials said. One woman in her 60s was killed Sunday when the rescue ...

Japan’s long-standing concerns over population decline are set to worsen, with experts warning that even the country’s major cities will soon experience a drop in residents. While rural areas have ...

As in neighboring Japan and South Korea, large numbers of Chinese people have moved from rural farms to cities, where having children is more expensive. A 12.4% rise in marriages in 2023 - many ...