A picture-perfect village in Japan is staying alive with a population of just one person. Discover the story behind this ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

The “patchwork landscape” of farmland and trees that enchanted so many throughout Japan and abroad has brought ... giant sightseeing buses in the small town also meant traffic jams.

A small town in Japan has taken drastic measures and hired a team of security guards to manage hordes of inconsiderate tourists. Otaru, a small port town on Hokkaido island has been inundated by ...

NAGI, Okayama Prefecture--A regional fertility rate of 2.95 sounds unbelievable given Japan’s struggle with the increasingly dwindling birthrate, but it has happened here in the small town of Nagi.