Takehiro Masutomo explores how Japan’s “Run Ri” migrants—affluent Chinese professionals reshaping cities, schools, and markets—are fueling real estate spikes, cultural shifts, integration challenges, ...

Depopulation in Japan’s countryside shows biodiversity declines even when people leave, urging smarter land use to protect ...

Dotting a remote village in western Japan, a population of life-sized dolls outnumber actual humans 10 to one, a result of depopulation that has affected areas throughout the Prefectures. To help ...

Japan's declining population in agricultural regions could be having a damaging impact on biodiversity—a trend that could ...

The more I visit the inaka "countryside" of Japan, the more I wonder about how these areas will weather the ageing and depopulation trends. Fortuitously, this project — which is sponsored by the ...

Japan's hottest new points hotel is the Waldorf Astoria Osaka, which was designed by Andre Fu and has a fabulous spa in ...

Red Cloud, Nebraska is exactly that kind of haven. Nestled in the rolling prairie of south-central Nebraska, this literary ...

At Mirukashi Salon in Japan, Prairie Stuart-Wolff and Hanako Nakazato offer a model of hospitality and a way of living that centers seasonality.

Have you had the feeling recently that everyone you know has been (or is about to go) to Japan? You’re not wrong ... but there’s a reason both cities are on everyone’s list.

In Japan, the trailblazer in terms of bringing art to areas beyond the major cities was the Echigo-Tsumari ... even in a relatively remote part of the countryside. Even so, he shies away from ...

I hear all these stories of it being really hard for foreigners to rent properties in Japan, but because I'm in a small town, everything is based on who you can get to vouch for you. I’ve never ...

Japan may be known for its bustling, neon-lit cities, but much of the country, as beautifully depicted in anime, still retains a peaceful, pastoral countryside. Many iconic anime set in rural ...