The prime minister may be taking cues from the mistakes of past efforts, but ultimately, even the best rural revitalization ...

Economist Claudia Goldin finds it largely comes down to societal expectations of how much men should do at home.

Non-consensual sterilisation of those considered genetically inferior persists in some parts of the world today ...

By providing solar, biogas, and improved cookstoves to the community through the UNDP Climate Promise Initiative, funded by the Government of Japan, we enhance livelihoods and narrow the energy divide ...

They had traveled to Chippubetsu, a town located on the Sea of Japan side in central Hokkaido ... highlighting the “beautiful rural scenery,” “massive, never-seen-before farming machinery ...

While Tasmania chef Steve Cunningham is also married to a Japanese woman, their move was more business-minded. “We wanted to open a rural cat cafe,” he said. After a bank knocked back the loan ...

According to the United Nations (UN), in 2025, more than 20% of the population in Romania will be over the age of 65, making ...

At a big-hearted retreat surrounded by nature, Zen rituals fused with mindfulness practices teach Kate Crockett to be more ...

Woven City near Mount Fuji is where Japanese automaker Toyota plans to test everyday living with robotics, artificial ...

Rural women comprise one-quarter of the world’s population, as per the estimates by International Labour Organization. Here’s an equally interesting fact, they are also 41% of the world’s ...

A Rohingya immigrant in Tokyo is helping other women from her minority group who have fled persecution in Myanmar to learn Japanese and work after fulfilling her own dream of studying at university.