Dubbed the “bullet train” for its sleek design and blistering speed, the Shinkansen was the world’s first high-speed rail ...

Thatched roofs were once a common sight in the Japanese countryside, but they started to disappear in the 1950s, when people ...

A staggering 36.21 million people, or 28.9% of the populace, are 65 and over. Further, 74.6% of Japan's 1,747 cities are categorized as shrinking, with urban policies struggling to keep up with ...

The island has been inhabited for hundreds of years, DMARGE reports. And for many within the Japanese city, the active volcano beneath their feet is just part of their lives. Despite being ...

A researcher at Osaka Metropolitan University examined the nonlinear multidimensional factors that correlate with population ...

The ashes of the cremated can sometimes have valuable metals like gold and palladium from dental fillings, or titanium from bone implants Many Japanese cities are selling metals taken from the ...

Europe and the United States tend to host the majority of this transient workforce — but the Japanese city of Fukuoka wants a slice of the action. As part of a promotional event during October ...

Hoping to be a ninja? Sorry, but the Japanese city of Iga is not hiring A Japanese city has been forced to clarify it is not in fact recruiting ninjas, following ...

It is 75 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August, leading to the end of World War Two. The article contains graphic images and ...

Our team examined key metrics of 46 of the most popular cities in the United States, from Miami to Washington and plenty in between, to find which cities are the best to start a business in.

Image A house leaning by a swollen river in Suzu City, Japan, on Sunday.Credit...Kasumi Fukudome/Kyodo News, via Associated Press Both cities saw record-breaking rainfall on Saturday: About 10.7 ...