“The train came out of the long tunnel into the snow country. The earth lay white under the night sky” is the...
In Japan think tanks are inseparable from the country’s post-war economic growth and governing philosophy. Despite the influence of its noted “iron...
On August 4th, the Toonippo, Aomori’s prefectural newspaper, carried an article about the opening of the ice hockey season, delayed one month...
Rural Japan has long been trying to attract big-city dwellers to relocate to the countryside. A current wrinkle on these efforts is...
In early 2019, a full year before the global coronavirus pandemic caught the world off guard, regional banks in Japan were said...
Rural depopulation has left eight million houses empty in Japan - but by putting homes before jobs, the Akiya Bank program is...
A scheme allowing Japanese people to "donate" part of their taxes to a rural area in return for a gift is very...