Japanese policymakers are increasingly anxious that the country's birth rate is nearing the point of no return.

Amid escalating climate challenges, women from indigenous communities in Isiolo County are pioneering new pathways to ...

SHANGHAI -- A 95-year-old survivor of the Japanese army's "comfort women" system during World War II, passed away on Saturday in Central China's Hunan province, leaving only eight registered survivors ...

There was no tip jar or prompt to tip on the credit card screen, as tipping isn’t part of the culture in Japan. I thought ...

Good to know: In winter, dress warmly. All visitors are required to sit on the temple’s chilly floor and use a calligraphy ...

Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s ...

But that's not the WHOLE story.... The future of rural life in rural Japan is changing ... claims Practice trenches and tomb of 119-year-old woman listed by Historic England Flintoff calls ...

This anime set in rural Japan explores human and spirit connections ... This acclaimed anime film directed by Mamoru Hosoda centers on Hana, a woman who falls in love with a wolf man and has ...

Due to the shrinking population and internal migration toward cities, there are millions of unoccupied houses in rural Japanese towns. In recent years, the Japanese government started offering ...

Only 33 female toji are registered in Japan’s Toji Guild Association out of more than a thousand breweries nationwide. That’s more than several decades ago. Women were largely excluded from ...

The prime minister’s launch of LIC’s Bima Sakhi scheme may only end up helping 2 lakh women with schooling up to class 10 in rural areas, but it does highlight an important problem festering ...