In the tranquil space between Lake Kawaguchiko and Lake Yamanakako in the picturesque Japanese prefecture ... attraction of this beautiful village, there are many other sights on offer in the ...

Many developed nations are facing the same demographic timebomb, but Japan ... meant to "keep the village cohesive" -- are no longer applied to avoid scaring people away, Sawayama said.

Many of the overseas tourists are from ... with foreign people while maintaining a population of 1,000 Japanese people.” The village office provides multilingual services using translator ...

In Japan, the word for sourness is suppai. Since ancient times, people in Japan have preserved ... is used to wash traditional bashofu cloth. Kitagawa Village in Kochi Prefecture is famous for ...

[9] Over the following days, the bear managed to elude more hunters and soldiers sent to the village, ransacking homes that had been abandoned by the local people. It was not until December 14 ...

The Meiji Sanriku tsunami, which struck 126 years ago, killed as many as 20,000 people. A stone cenotaph was erected in the village of Toni ... by the Great East Japan Earthquake tore off ...