While most travellers head south of Tokyo, those who venture up to the far north of Honshu island will be rewarded with Japan’s trademark scenic trains, samurai castles and local crafts — but fewer ...

A look at the traditional farmhouses now commonly called kominka—“old folk dwellings”—a name that underscores their age. They ...

JAPAN has unleashed pepper-spraying drones and red-eyed robot wolves in a desperate bid to stop killer bears. There has been ...

Sanae Takaichi came to power promising to tame inflation. But she’s boosting the crop’s cost to appease a subsidy-fuelled ...

Observers described Yoon’s action as political suicide, marking a spectacular downfall for the former star prosecutor who won ...

In this context, the task of demilitarising society and reunifying the country has posed a truly formidable challenge for ...

I sat holding a beautiful scarf — a Christmas present from many years ago. The magnificence of its interwoven patterns of red and black was particularly amazing because the woman who had knitted it ...

Background: Isolation and subjective feelings of loneliness pose a threat to health, and measures have been taken to address both. However, the decline of communities because of social change has ...

TOKYO and GIFU, Japan — After a few days in Tokyo, I was ready to trade the bright lights and chaotic streets for a breath of fresh air and quaint villages. My longing to relax and slow down is ...

The smooth, rounded indentations have a way of humanizing the ancient canoe secured in the covered gallery behind the LSU Rural Life Museum's barn. These are places where people's backsides wore down ...