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 ...

After six years of running an urban farm and renting an Airbnb ... population and internal migration, Japan has millions of unoccupied houses in rural areas. But thanks to the low prices and ...

The number of young people in rural areas ... and Japanese agriculture is increasingly relying on workers from abroad to take their place. Victor Zambrano Rumayna farms 15 hectares of land in ...

Japan may be known for its bustling, neon-lit cities, but much of the country, as beautifully depicted in anime, still retains a peaceful, pastoral countryside. Many iconic anime set in rural ...

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

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 ...

Projections suggest Japan will be short of some 340,000 caregivers in 2025, when post-war baby-boomers reach 75. The central government has changed course and is also likely to accept more workers ...

Dani and Evan Benton left the U.S. to start a new life in rural Japan, buying an abandoned house for $6,500 and turning it ...

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A federal judge early Saturday temporarily blocked a Trump administration panel led by billionaire Elon Musk from accessing government systems used to process trillions of dollars in payments ...