When Atsushi Maeda talks about rural, he doesn't use the language of festivals. He talks about zones: sonic, emotional, mental. Places you didn't know existed until the music took you there. "I would ...

The actors behind two key characters in Silent Hill f are now ambassadors for Gero City in Japan's Gifu Prefecture, which served as inspiration for the village.

A high-tech water breakthrough in Japan could rewrite the future of infrastructure. Backed by billions and driven by a ...

When a country loses population, it gets more crowded. Imagine 10 guests at a house party. If they spread out through the living room, the kitchen, and the garage, the event has a comfortable amount ...

At around 3 a.m. on December 9, in the town of Komatsushima, Tokushima Prefecture, a laundromat worker discovered that someone had left a DVD on a counter within the facility, with the following ...

Japan is a country where long memory and fast change coexist in everyday life. Ancient shrines sit beside neon streets.

By Panu Wongcha-um UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Rubber farmer Pinittaya Boonlieng sat with friends in a key political battleground in Thailand to discuss how to vote in the February 8 ...

The morning after pill in Japan is available OTC for the first time. Find out how to get it, what it costs and the rules.

Training a successor is important, but most farmers have been too busy trying to survive instead, one member of an agricultural cooperative corporation said.

In depopulated areas across Japan, the withdrawal of supermarkets and other businesses has left essential services, vital to residents' daily lives, at risk. To address this problem, some local govern ...

On a narrow street in Kala Ghoda, inside a building that has stood through a century of change, HyLo is preparing for one of its most considered nights yet. On Saturday, January 31, 2026, the venue ...

Sanae Takaichi has called a snap lower house election on February 8, one of the most unpredictable contests in years.