In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama Prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most ...

A joint research group has demonstrated that the majority of immigration to the Japanese Archipelago in the Yayoi and Kofun periods (between 3000 BCE and 538 CE) came from the Korean Peninsula. The ...

The Samurai Blue have been faultless so far in World Cup qualifying, their success underpinned by an ambitious 100-year plan ...

A teacher observed and verified that more people live inside a circle comprising 19 nations - including China, India and ...

In the northern reaches of Japan, a realm of ethereal, old-growth forests and icy coastal waters offer some of the country’s ...

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It’s no secret that Japan is experiencing overtourism, but actually it’s only parts of Japan—because too many tourists are ...

Hizatsuki Confectionery can’t find enough Japanese employees. A shrinking and rapidly aging population has forced Japan, which for centuries was mostly closed off to immigrants, to allow foreign ...

Building on the existing Guides feature, Maps in iOS 18 lets you save places with a quick tap of the + button on their Maps listing. Saved places are accessible from the new Library menu ...

Tokyo — Japan's parliament formally elected Shigeru ... while tackling a declining birthrate and population, as well as economic and political reforms at home. Ishiba earlier announced his ...

Ishiba is from the small, rural Japanese prefecture of Tottori, which has been losing population for a long time. “He’s very aware, unlike other members of his party, that Japan’s problems ...

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