Japan just took a big step into the future of public transport. On March 5th, in the quiet town of Sakai, Ibaraki Prefecture, ...
This is the biggest problem for small and medium-sized ... Ishiba’s efforts to revitalize rural economies facing ageing and shrinking populations. While Japan is allowing more underperforming ...
We experience rural Kyushu as a natural tapestry of ... Driven by plunging birth rates and urban migration, depopulation has hit small-town Japan in the interior significantly.