A town in east Japan's Gunma Prefecture has launched measures to protect young people from joining so-called "dark gigs" that ...

The life-like mannequins have been placed to replace all those who have left Ichinono. The village now has less than 60 ...

With only one child in a village of 60 people, residents of Ichinono create hand-crafted dolls to combat loneliness.

In Japan, regional revitalization has emerged as a cornerstone of solutions to issues such as population decline, achieving ...

Square watermelons, or "suika," have an interesting history in Japan. They were first cultivated in the late 1970s by a ...

Shohei Ohtani's rural hometown, Oshu City in northern Japan, is bursting with pride for its superstar son. Once known for ...

(Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP) People protest against resuming operations of the Onagawa nuclear power plant, ...

Shohei Ohtani’s hometown in northern Japan is a rural place, famous for its high-quality Maesawa beef, its history of making ...

Hundreds of fans filed into a public viewing center in Shohei Ohtani's hometown in northern Japan on Tuesday morning — the ...

Sumitomo Rubber USA will lose its tax breaks after the Japanese-owned tiremaker’s announcement Thursday that it had ceased ...

Downpours are pummeling a remote island in southwestern Japan. Authorities have issued the maximum level-5 heavy rain ...

Jon Woodhouse, who writes regular arts and entertainment articles for The Maui News, is currently traveling in Japan and ...