With onsen hot springs, ancient shrines and great forests of broadleaf and conifer trees that conceal galloping waterfalls, ...

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.

Wealthy overseas tourists have been visiting depopulated parts of rural Japan in increasing numbers to savor unique culinary ...

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 ...

While many places in the world face a housing shortage, Japan is facing the opposite problem: an oversupply of homes on the ...

Japanese cars have established a strong presence across Africa due to their reliability, fuel efficiency, and affordable ...

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s new prime minister, gave the first speech of his campaign on 15 October at the Onahama Fish Market in ...

Through motherhood, education and work, Asako Osaki worked to bring global standards to the front lines of gender issues.

Reframing Japan's agriculture industry as an ordinary sector with diverse actors, not only family farmers, will pave the way ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

Industry players are relying on data analytics to improve risk management. Rising interest rates in Japan are expected to ...