Unexpected detours, cultural wanderings and happy supermarket sprees are all part of the fun. Here's what our Japan road trip ...

Drawn to the appeal of a slowly paced life in the Japanese countryside, some foreigners have settled down in the region. We follow Spanish photographer Tina Bagué as she captures images of fellow ...

Sparrows and a host of other creatures are vanishing in Japan as development and changing farm practices harm a delicate ecosystem.

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 average land price rose for the first time in 33 years in more than half of surveyed rural areas in Japan, government data showed ...