The government stressed in an annual report Tuesday the need to attract more foreign visitors to rural areas in the country, reducing their concentration in large cities. Foreign tourists stay …
The government reported Monday that the sweeping trends of the country’s population decline and excess concentration of population in Tokyo have not changed over the past decade. The report was …
In the first drastic review of the so-called constitution for Japan’s farm policies since its enactment in 1999, parliament on Wednesday passed into law an amendment to the basic law …
The estimated number of vacant homes in Japan stood at 9 million as of Oct. 1 last year, hitting a record high, an internal affairs ministry survey showed Tuesday. The …
A record 7,200 people in Japan served as members of a government-subsidized squad who moved from urban to nonurban areas to work on promoting regional revitalization in fiscal 2023, up …
Tono, Iwate Pref. – On the outskirts of Tono, Iwate Prefecture, I gather with a group of travelers at the head of the short trail leading to a collection of …