Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

But today we head out to Matsuyama in the prefecture of Ehime to find out what life in non-Tokyo, the countryside of Japan, is like. WATCH: Wildfires rip through homes across several Los Angeles ...

Here's how. Share Yoko Era and husband traded their office jobs for a life in rural Asuka in Japan in 2005, drawn to farming as a way of getting closer to local produce. Today, the couple makes a ...

A chiiki okoshi kyouryoukutai member showing the small organic farm in front of the house she is renovating after moving to the countryside. News organizations may use or redistribute this image ...

Drawn to the appeal of a slowly paced life in the Japanese countryside, some foreigners have settled down in the region. We follow Spanish photographer Tina Bagué as she captures images of fellow ...

Born January 1, 1900, in rural Japan, Chiune Sugihara lived ... to his actions during a single month of his life in 1940, while serving as Japan's consul in Kaunas, Lithuania.

In response to the ongoing challenges posed by Japan’s shrinking population and aging rural demographics, the agriculture ministry is introducing a new initiative to dispatch corporate personnel ...

This is the Japan of rice farmers and fields ... In the 20th century the life of a rural hacker was a constant hunt for technological innovation. We scratched around for whatever we could find.