Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

Many rural areas in Japan are struggling in the face of a shortage of people available to work. Behind the issue are the twin problems of a declining birthrate and an aging population.

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 ...

The village of Takigahara, in Japan’s rural Ishikawa prefecture, sits in a valley along a river. In the summer, bright green ...

Being here is exciting and overwhelming, but this isn’t why I came to Japan. Far away from the crowded ... many people have had to leave Hagi and other rural communities in recent years ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. RCC Perspectives No. 3, 2014 Sustainability at Dead-Ends: The Future ... Sustainability at Dead-Ends: The Future of Hope in Rural Japan This is the ...

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 ...

The finest example of this model is perhaps Hacker Farm a Hacker community centered around a small village in rural Japan. At present 4 families have relocated to the area with more on the way ...

The US president signed a series of executive orders to remove diversity, equity and inclusion from the military, reinstate thousands of troops who were kicked out for refusing COVID vaccines, and ...

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