What’s it really like to buy land in Japan’s rural areas? Join me as I share my journey to owning a plot in Nikko, Japan.

Chani felt stuck in a rut, working 10-hour days as a teacher. "I just can't keep going on this treadmill. I've got to change ...

“We hope to appeal to both Japanese and foreign tourists wanting to get a taste of a slower, countryside life in a ...

Japan may be less well known for cycling vacations, but its prefectures have all the key ingredients: pastoral countryside, cute cafés, incredible food, distinctive hotels. Not to mention a rich ...

By pledging to revitalize depopulated rural areas, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hopes to help his party retain its ...

The rapid spread of Japanese knotweed is creating a crisis across the UK, endangering properties and causing significant ...

A company wants to build a 97km power line with most of it carried by pylons, but landowners, local politicians and residents ...

The Cumbria Japanese knotweed hotspots for 2024 are: Carlisle with 34 infestations in a 4km radius, Maryport with 18, Workington with 15, Whitehaven with 23, Frizington with 47, Keswick with 31, ...

A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization that provides support and information to help people relocate to rural areas of Japan said it ... about relocating to the countryside. The center also said ...

Eikoh Hosoe, who died on Sept. 16 in Tokyo, was part of a group of avant-garde artists in postwar Japan who were determined ...