Even specific plots in the same area can have different ... I don’t see rural residential property as an enticing investment for foreigners as there is more of it available than can be used. Also, ...

Japan needs to keep opportunities for young people in rural areas to pursue higher education even amid the country's ...

The aid program covers individuals living or working in the 23 special wards of Tokyo who move out of the Japanese capital ... after their relocation to rural areas. Most of the jobs introduced ...

As a student, she had visited other rural areas in Japan being revitalized through the creative use of their akiya as part of efforts to attract new residents. But at the time, she says ...

An advisory panel to Japan's farm ministry has proposed a target to triple tourist food consumption to 4.5 trillion yen by 2030, as it seeks to use record visitors to overcome falling demand in the ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average land price rose for the first time in 33 years in more than half of surveyed rural areas in Japan, government data showed Tuesday, as the nation's economic ...