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 ...

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

A wildfire broke out at Ozawa district in Otsuki city, Yamanashi, on February 26, burning 80 hectares of forest and destroying an empty house as of Friday. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS ...

Japanese character goods company Sanrio, famous for Hello Kitty, will open a new museum in Kai City in the central prefecture of Yamanashi. The company's founder, Tsuji Shintaro, was born in the ...

Thanks to a multitude of factors — the weak yen, inbound tourism and the proliferation of YouTube channels on the subject, to name a few — akiya, or abandoned houses, are more prominent than ...

Yamanashi Prefecture [Japan], March 10 (ANI): Kotaro Nagasaki, the Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture, is making significant strides to deepen and strengthen relations between Japan and India, with ...

The previous record low for February was 4.4 millimeters in 1967. Two other fires were also burning Saturday, one in Yamanashi and another elsewhere in Iwate. Last year was Japan's hottest since ...

Kotaro Nagasaki, the Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture, is making significant strides to deepen and strengthen relations between Japan and India, with a particular focus on Green Hydrogen energy ...

HOKUTO, Yamanashi Prefecture--A 4-year-old girl from Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture had the tip of her finger bitten off by a horse at a commercial horse-riding facility here on Nov. 18.

Yamanashi police also said they have found a sock. Misaki’s mother, Tomoko Ogura, who lives in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, visited the wilderness site on April 28 where the bones were found.

When the Lunar New Year kicked off on Jan. 29, long lines formed outside a convenience store in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture. In a time of both misinformation and too much ...