Kyoko Watanabe moved to Miyagi Prefecture to help with disaster relief efforts following 3/11. She ended up building a ...

Unexpected detours, cultural wanderings and happy supermarket sprees are all part of the fun. Here's what our Japan road trip ...

The 70km Shimanami Kaido, webbed with fishing harbours, hillside citrus orchards and historic shrines, is often regarded as ...

The government plans to expand eligibility to include people taking up jobs in agriculture, medicine and welfare, as well as ...

The mayor’s answer was much more representative of the earnest, if puzzled, search for democracy that is going on nowadays in rural Japan.

The average land price rose for the first time in 33 years in more than half of surveyed rural areas in Japan, government data showed Tuesday, as the nation's economic recovery extends to asset values ...

While Japan's convenience store market may be considered oversaturated in terms of the sheer number of stores, major operator ...

With the number of foreigners working in Japan increasing, the highest increases are being seen not in urban but in rural ...

Being assertive in busy traffic, merging during rush hour and generally “driving like a competent human” has been the ...