Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more ...

After 2020, 46 prefectures will experience a decrease in population and after 2040, even Tokyo will see a drop. The total population in 2050 is estimated to be 104.686 million, a decline of 21.46 ...

Six other prefectures saw net population inflows, including four that surround Tokyo -- Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba and Yamanashi. Yamanashi experienced a reversal of the trend in 2023, when more ...

Japan welcomed over 36.8 million tourists in 2024, a new record. This influx, along with a growing foreign resident ...

Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, could be any suburb in the Tokyo orbit. Population 600,000. Thirty minutes by train from the metropolitan core, where many residents work, though local industry ...

Japan is not a country where beauty is overlooked. Many know to visit Tokyo and Osaka for high-rise city ventures. But, much ...

Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied the governor of Okinawa’s final challenge to stop construction at a future Marine Corps ...

Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s ...

Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)--The average unit price of new condominiums put up for sale in Tokyo's densely populated 23 special ... in Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama ...

Japan, a country of rich tradition and cutting-edge modernity, is home to some of the most populous cities in the world. From the industrious metropolis of Tokyo to the cultural heritage of Kyoto, the ...

Advertisement Ishiba said he wanted to relocate industrial, state, and academic institutions to regions outside of Tokyo ... ago and serving the least populated prefecture in Japan's legislature.