The average price of land in Japan rose 2.7 percent in 2025, the fourth straight year it has climbed and the fastest pace of increase since the calculation method was changed in 2010, as the nation's ...

Japan launched regional revitalization efforts in 2014 under then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to halt its population decline, as well as to promote migration to rural areas in order to address ...

Fifteen years after Japan initiated efforts to attract younger people to rural areas, researchers assess its impact and the lessons it offers for global rural revitalization policies.

To revitalize Japan's rural areas the government launched a co-innovation project that involves cutting-edge tech to boost its agriculture industry.

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 ...

Japan continues to face a concentration of doctors in urban areas and a serious shortage of physicians in rural regions. The government and the medical community need to go further to rectify the ...

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Far from being mere myth or urban legend, Johatsu represents a complex socio-cultural phenomenon involving people who ...

The rural lines are legacies of Japan’s economic boom through the 1970s, but failed to adapt to rural depopulation, as younger people left for cities and some villages emptied altogether.

In addition to Japan, China, South Korea, Spain, Greece and the United States all suffer from a migration of young people from rural areas to urban areas. There are few if any effective means for any ...

Japan continues to face a concentration of doctors in urban areas and a serious shortage of physicians in rural regions. The government and the medical community need to go further to rectify the ...