In the heart of the Japanese mountains, the villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are home to treasures of traditional Japanese architecture: thatched cottages with sloping roofs, designed to ...

The historic Shōya house dates back to about 1700. A piece of Japanese history is now a part of Southern California’s landscape. The 320-year-old Japanese Heritage Shōya House was meticulously moved ...

A new game coming to Steam in the near future takes the farming sim genre, popularized by games like Stardew Valley, into a rural Japan setting.

The once-thriving Japanese hamlet of Nanmoku was known for its silk and timber industries. Today, it is the country's most aged village, with... How Japan is trying to solve the problem of shrinking ...

Villages across Japan’s countryside are facing extinction as the population ages and shrinks. NPR’s Anthony Kuhn visited Japan’s most aged village, where most residents are older than 65.

NANMOKU, Japan — This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy root ...

According to Yuri Group, the Yamakoshi village’s experimental NFT strategy could attract attention from other nations facing declining birth rates. Yamakoshi, a secluded Japanese village nestled in ...

The plum blossoms and toads are out a month early in the warmest Japanese winter for years. Nevertheless, Japan’s farmers, like farmers anywhere, worry about the weather—and everything else. Last week ...

Standouts include Antônio Prado, a municipality in Brazil known for its steadfast preservation of Italian culture; Asuka, a village in Japan’s Nara Prefecture, famous for its characteristic terraced ...

This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy root called konjac.

NPR’s Anthony Kuhn visited Japan’s most aged village, where most residents are over age 65. Why rural villages in Japan are shrinking Villages across Japan’s countryside are facing extinction as the ...