This is how days begin at Dairyuji, an 800-year-old Zen temple—a place of ancient beams, lofty halls, and deep, deep time—in Akita prefecture, in ... at the Lake District favorite Armathwaite ...

The ‘One Village One Product’ (OCOP) shop, showcasing and selling unique traditional handicrafts made by the ethnic groups of ...

The mayor’s answer was much more representative of the earnest, if puzzled, search for democracy that is going on nowadays in rural Japan.

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As a student, she had visited other rural areas in Japan being revitalized through the creative use of their akiya as part of efforts to attract new residents. But at the time, she says ...

The number of high school students in Japan is on the decline: Data from the education ministry. Many schools are being merged or closed due to a lack of students. Schools in some rural areas don ...

The average land price rose for the first time in 33 years in more than half of surveyed rural areas in Japan, government data showed Tuesday, as the nation's economic recovery extends to asset values ...

This photo taken on March 11, 2025 shows the main store of Yamano Music Co. in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district that recorded ... than half of surveyed rural areas in Japan, government data showed ...