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 ...

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 ...

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

AKITA--A single-department college nestled in a fairly remote forest in this northern prefecture has become a leading hunting ground for top talent in Japan. The campus of Akita International ...

17, 1995, registered an intensity of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in the ... However, since urban areas have more buildings than rural zones, they also have more houses lacking sufficient ...

Japan’s Shiraso Brewery prides itself on creating ‘uncommon flavours’ and fusing western innovations with the country’s ...

The township of Fateng Tse Ntsho houses some 7,000 Black South Africans, its huddle of corrugated metal roofs surrounded on all sides by vast tracts of mostly empty grassland owned by prosperous white ...

(Feb. 2025) In rural Japan, the village of Kuma was hit by devastating floods in 2020 that left a trail of destruction in their wake. Working together, residents have since rebuilt their community.

Marysville will be the flagship global manufacturing hub of a 'Second Founding' transition, but with flexibility to build gas ...

Pakistan’s current rural landscape necessitates the launching of a new OVOP-inspired initiative centred on agricultural ...