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 ...

Japan is experiencing historically high numbers of foreigners. Its population is shrinking, and its workforce is ageing, driving foreign labour to historic levels. In addition, the number of ...

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 ...

SUZU, Japan — A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan left at least 62 people dead Wednesday, as rescue workers fought to save those feared trapped under the rubble of collapsed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My family moved from the US to Japan years ago. Living here has been filled with surprising perks, quirks, and challenges. Since ...

SHOBARA, Japan — The grays of winter have lingered in this rural town in southwestern Japan, where tilled rice paddies look like barren plots of dirt and only the most attentive trees have started ...

Nobody can predict how the 48 teams will do at the FIFA World Cup this summer, but if you wanted to gamble on Japan being the tidiest team, you’d surely clean up at the bookies. Thanks to a societal ...

Japan has reached a historic demographic milestone as its centenarian population climbed to 99,763 in September 2025, according to the latest government data. This reportedly marked the 55th ...

It's more than a love language allergy. With the cherry blossoms unfurling throughout the city, Tokyo basks in the most romantic season of the year. Yet this city is a world away from Paris, where ...