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.

People living in rural Japan are having to get creative to scare off bears. That's as the country sees attacks rising in ...

Japan’s countryside is scattered with over eight million abandoned homes, or akiya, often marketed as a dream for those ...

They knew they wanted to live a simple, rural life but still have access ... The couple have been living in Japan for almost two years, and the biggest lifestyle change they've noticed is that ...

The number of foreign nationals living in Japan came to 3,159,000 ... Tokyo’s population dropped during the pandemic as people moved to rural areas. Okinawa Prefecture, which in 2023 marked ...

The couple was told that the house in Japan had been vacant for 12 years and had served as a sake brewery until the early ...

STORY: In rural Japan a gunshot rings out ... "I feel that I have to protect the people living here. Whenever I set a trap, you saw today there are four locations, I'm driven forwards by the thought ...