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 recovery extends to asset values ...

While the US faces a shortage of homes, Japan is experiencing an altogether different issue: There's a glut of unoccupied homes throughout the country's rural areas. Japan's Housing and Land ...

When American businessman Brian Heywood decided to build a home in Kamakura, he wondered if he could also save some old ...

The government plans to expand eligibility to include people taking up jobs in agriculture, medicine and welfare, as well as ...

The finest example of this model is perhaps Hacker Farm a Hacker community centered around a small village in rural Japan. At present 4 families have relocated to the area with more on the way ...

With the number of foreigners working in Japan increasing, the highest increases are being seen not in urban but in rural areas, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey.

While Japan's convenience store market may be considered oversaturated in terms of the sheer number of stores, major operator ...

The earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995, registered an intensity of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale ... However, since urban areas have more buildings than rural zones, they also have more houses lacking ...