Dotting a remote village in western Japan, a population of life-sized dolls outnumber actual humans 10 to one, a result of depopulation that has affected areas throughout the Prefectures. To help ...

BentallGreenOak will accelerate real estate investments and hiring in Japan, joining a growing number of global firms that ...

During the early 1900’s many Japanese struggled to make ends meet. In order to survive and claim a better quality of life, ...

A constant fixture of National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek’s journey through rural Japan was the whirligig, or as he ...

Today, Japanese culture is integral to Brazilian life. This bond showcases resilience and cultural exchange. Brazil is home to the largest Japanese community outside of Japan, with around two ...

UDA, Japan: Uda community leader Yoshiji Misaki is doing a survey to gather data on abandoned homes in the rural city in Nara prefecture. Almost one in five houses in Uda are vacant homes ...

TOKYO (AP) — Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging a number of homes as hundreds of firefighters ...

Before (L) and after pictures of the love motel. A love motel in Japan has been converted into a funeral home, sparking conversations about the declining birth rate and ageing population in the ...

Japanese fans who came out to the Tokyo Dome got what they wanted: a Shohei Ohtani home run for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs in the second of their Japanese regular season games.

Ohtani gave the Dodgers a 6-2 lead with a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning of Game 2 of the Tokyo Series in Japan. The ball bounced off a fan’s hands and into the field of play ...

TOKYO -- Japanese health officials will soon open the doors wider for foreign health workers to provide in-home nursing care, Nikkei has learned, in a bid to ease the labor shortage in the field.

Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With property prices often shockingly low, these forgotten houses ...