What I had to survive in Japan’s countryside. Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after ...

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 ...

Hanako Jimi, state minister for regional revitalization, announced Aug. 30 that the plan to offer up to 600,000 yen ($4,100) to newlywed women who move from Tokyo’s 23 wards to the countryside w ...

has announced plans to rejuvenate kominka in the Japanese countryside for use as “minpaku” private lodging properties. The Asahi Shimbun interviewed Yasuyuki Tanabe, an Airbnb Japan manager ...