TOMAKOMAI, Japan — Abandoned ballfields and a wooded riverfront greenway bring surprise visitors to the eastern fringes of this port city. Bears. Tomakomai residents have reported seeing bears ...

Angry residents have bombarded city halls with calls and emails, fearing their hometowns were being ‘given away’ to African ...

The couple says that the akiya was built in 1868. NekoAshi Japan. Due to the shrinking population and internal migration toward cities, there are millions of unoccupied houses in rural Japanese towns.

A new Japanese hotel offers travelers a first-of-its-kind experience – to live like a medieval lord in a real castle keep. The opening is part of a bigger mission – to revive a dwindling rural ...

Japan’s “more is more” industrial instincts are what convinced Daiwa Tsushin, primarily a security camera business, to get ...

Rural towns are offering grants to new and returning residents in hopes of reviving abandoned homes, as young people move to bigger cities for work.

As Japan considers allowing more foreigners, tiny rural town wants to go further By Linda Sieg and Ami Miyazaki December 6, 201812:36 AM PSTUpdated December 5, 2018 ...