In Tokyo, Levi Pells, 32, was managing a small team and earning more than he ever imagined. He noticed his happiness depended ...

NPR’s Anthony Kuhn visited Japan’s most aged village, where most residents are over age 65. Why rural villages in Japan are shrinking Villages across Japan’s countryside are facing extinction as the ...

This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy root called konjac.

Discover all 52 destinations named in UN Tourism’s Best Tourism Villages 2025 list. From Japan’s Asuka to Portugal’s Loriga, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - In Shimukappu, a village on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido and home to a popular skiing resort, residents are to reopen the sole gas station in the area, which closed four years ...

Declining human population and climate change have led to record number of human deaths from attacks this year ...

According to Yuri Group, the Yamakoshi village’s experimental NFT strategy could attract attention from other nations facing declining birth rates. Yamakoshi, a secluded Japanese village nestled in ...

For many generations Ichiro Ishikawa’s ancestors had lived in Ueno, a remote, semifeudal village in Shizuoka prefecture. Ueno’s rich, black volcanic soil yielded rice, corn, sweet potatoes and garden ...

NANMOKU, Japan — This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy root ...