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. From managing real estate surprises to envisioning a countryside lifestyle, ...

While the money will be paid only to families who move out of greater Tokyo, they may also get the fee if they move to the mountainous areas within the city limits. Advisory Alert: It has come to ...

In response to the ongoing challenges posed by Japan’s shrinking population ... a new initiative to dispatch corporate personnel to rural areas. The initiative, part of a new regional ...

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 number of young people in rural areas is declining, hit by falling fertility rates and migration into the big cities, and Japanese agriculture is increasingly relying on workers from abroad to ...

Another Japan is a specialty shop near Tokyo Station that is planned and managed by students from local regions with firsthand knowledge of the goods on sale to promote the charms of their areas.

94 percent of all Japanese local governments are expected to see a residential decrease. In some rural areas, residents are afraid their homeland will disappear. Kawakami Village in Nara ...