Japan evacuates small island village after over 1,000 quakes hit region - Magnitude 5.5 earthquake triggers evacuation ...

The village, still home to 600 permanent residents, offers a striking window into rural life in the Japan of yesteryear: the ...

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NANMOKU, Japan — This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy ...

Historic architecture: Tomonoura, a historic village in Hiroshima prefecture overlooking the Seto Inland Sea for more than 1,400 years, is home to about 280 buildings that date back to the Edo Period.

Enjoy world-class skiing and service at YTL Hotels's Green Leaf Hotel and Higashiyama Niseko Village, A Ritz Carlton Reserve in Niseko Village, Hokkaido ...

Japan's super-aged society continues to gray, with 29.3 percent of its population now aged 65 or older, the highest rate of any country worldwide, according to a Japanese statistics bureau report ...

Japan’s median age has been rising since 1950, with the figure reaching to 49.1 in 2023, according to an estimate by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.. So in Ichinono ...

Representing the third and fourth generations, the Kaneta family can trace their history in the village of Nanmoku back 140 years. Once a thriving community in the mountainous interior of Japan ...

Thatched roofs were once a common sight in the Japanese countryside, but they started to disappear in the 1950s, when people began migrating en masse to the cities. You can still see them in ...