KAMIJIMA, Ehime -- Murals of popular manga on vacant houses and public facilities have turned a remote island with a ... I want to use manga, which is part of Japanese culture, to also attract ...

A remote Japanese town has taken to selling bear meat from a vending machine, sourcing its supply to Asian black bears, listed as a vulnerable species, caught in traps or in the mountains by hunters.

has become Disney's most successful streaming series in Japan to date. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief The hit horror-thriller series Gannibal, which centers on a remote village’s secret ...

Since it was founded in the late 1980s, the Benesse Art Site Naoshima has earned global acclaim as a unique art destination, ...

In the quaint village of Ichinono, Japan, where the population barely reaches ... looks out over a crop field towards a few remote cottages. Among the younger inhabitants are Rie Kato, 33, and ...

In Ichinono, Japan, life-sized puppets now occupy the village as a response to population ... a large city during the COVID-19 pandemic when remote work became more accessible, have since welcomed ...

A dwindling Japanese village has found a creative way to combat ... sons would become unmarriageable in they remained stuck in a remote place like this, so we encouraged them to attend city ...