An issue that Japan’s governments have long neglected is now of serious concern to its population, a new survey shows.

Japan’s population fell by more than 3 million over the past five years, a record drop that underscores the depths of the country’s accelerating demographic crisis.

Japan’s prehistoric people lived very differently from later societies. Long before farming or empires, they built stable ...

Behind Japan's economic success lies a government and legal system that clearly prioritize social stability and group harmony ...

A recent string of apparent bear attacks against people collecting wild plants in northeast Japan's Tohoku region has left ...

In February 2023, a snowy town in Fukui suddenly made news headlines. The government of Ikeda Town had published "The 7 Rules of Life in Ikeda" in its promotional pamphlet, and these rules laid down ...

Many people dream about leaving the place where they were born or currently live and pursuing a life abroad. Usually, such dreams involve not some random country, but one that seemingly calls to a ...

I had travelers share the biggest mistakes they made in Japan and how they'd avoid them next time. Answers mentioned trains, ...

Entrepreneurial young Japanese people are trying to reinvigorate Japan's most aged village — where more than two thirds of residents are over 65 — and keep it from vanishing from the map. Villages ...