A new model of ownership is allowing middle-class families and wealthy vacationers alike to buy a piece of alluring ...

The Mount Asama area, which one local tourism site calls “one of the best spots in Japan to witness the threat of nature”, may seem an unlikely place for a showcase of modern design.

“The existing solutions do not align with the needs of modern ... to non-Japanese luxury buyers. He also pointed to young international buyers opening Airbnb rentals in erstwhile akiya and ...

Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With property prices often shockingly low, these forgotten houses ...

Japan’s official cherry blossom spotters on Monday confirmed the first blooming of the country’s favorite flower, declaring ...

Having studied urban planning at university, she had long been interested in placemaking and akiya-related issues. As a student, she had visited other rural areas in Japan being revitalized ...

Tomomi Miyajima, founder of Tokiya Japan, showed Good Morning Washington's Megan Clarke how to wear a traditional kimono.

Modern Japanese appear to be genetically descended from the Paleolithic Minatogawa people, according to DNA analysis of human remains in Okinawa Prefecture dating from 20,000 years ago. According ...

Many of Yoshida’s students carried on his ideals and spurred Japan into the modern age. Perhaps the most famous of these was Itō Hirobumi. Born into a poor peasant family, Itō’s father was ...

It is a problem most skiers and snowboarders would pay to have. Japan, long revered as a powder Mecca, has faced a chilling reality in recent years: warming winters, diminished snowfall ...