TAKIZAWA, Iwate -- This north Japan city is crowdfunding using the "hometown tax" donation system to keep an ancient ...

The trend has excited local residents, with an expectation of regional development. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

Japan's population experienced a record drop of 898,000 in 2024, confirming concerns about the country's demographic crisis.

Sake enthusiasts flocked to Kodama Brewing Co., a Japanese sake brewery in Katagami, Akita Prefecture, as it opened its ...

Anime culture is proving to be a major driving force behind Japan’s tourism boom. A growing number of international travelers ...

Their stories are told through interviews with their families, and from the memoirs of survivors and records compiled by Hiroshima city ... large cities across Japan. It was an “urgent situation ...

The nearby Noshiro Basketball Library and Museum that displays “Slam Dunk”-related items attracted 589 foreign tourists in fiscal 2023, or 5.5 times more than in fiscal 2019.

For the fourteenth year running, Japan's population has slumped to a record low. The non-foreign population dropped by nearly 900,000 — an unprecedented fall.

Akita prefecture, in the northern part of Honshu island, showed the most marked decline. Japan's population peaked in 2008, and since then it has steadily shrunk because of a declining birthrate.

A gigantic gathering of Shiba and Akita dogs and a kimono parade are part of the 6th edition of Japan Week 2025 ...

The Expo 2025 has opened in Osaka with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of ...