They knew they wanted to live a simple, rural life but still have access to modern ... and doing this in Japan seemed feasible, especially considering that the country has 8.5 million akiya ...

But today we head out to Matsuyama in the prefecture of Ehime to find out what life in non-Tokyo, the countryside of Japan, is like. Fact check: President Biden defends Hunter Biden pardon with ...

Drawn to the appeal of a slowly paced life in the Japanese countryside, some foreigners have settled down in the region. We follow Spanish photographer Tina Bagué as she captures images of fellow ...

Tiny box-shaped cars that look like toys move slowly on the roads, setting the pace of life in the far west of Honshu Island – a place that feels off the beaten path, making it one of Japan’s ...

The number of high school students in Japan is on the decline: Data from the education ministry. Many schools are being merged or closed due to a lack of students. Schools in some rural areas don ...

In response to the ongoing challenges posed by Japan’s shrinking population and aging rural demographics, the agriculture ministry is introducing a new initiative to dispatch corporate personnel ...

J. W. Traphagan is a social anthropologist with research interests in Japanese rural life, population aging, medical anthropology, and the anthropology of science. He has published widely in academic ...

This is the Japan of rice farmers and fields ... In the 20th century the life of a rural hacker was a constant hunt for technological innovation. We scratched around for whatever we could find.

Under a program to revitalize regional economies, the government plans to offer up to 600,000 yen ($4,100) to newlywed women who move from Tokyo’s 23 wards to rural areas. The new system ...