On April 19, the Lower House of the Diet unanimously passed a revision to the Safety Net Law. The revision creates a new system that will register vacant properties with local governments and, ideally, these properties will be renovated and then rented out to ...

Two adult daughters contacted Lifelines hoping to get help with issues related to their fathers.

A reader asks, "Is there some system in Japan for the police, ambulance or hospital to take an unwilling schizophrenic patient to hospital?"

The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake left 110,000 people in three prefectures without shelter. Most of these people moved into emergency evacuation centers while the authorities prepared temporary housing for them. About 53,000 prefabricated housing units, called kasetsu, were built in accordance with a ...

Thanks to technology, your loved one can always be with you, in your pocket — or under your thumb.

A selection of foreign nationals coping with food allergies in Japan offer tips for visitors to Japan facing the same challenges.

Infrastructure in Japan is up to world standards in most areas, and in terms of public transportation it often surpasses those standards — but there’s one field it falls way behind: utility poles and overhead cables that carry electrical power and telecommunications. In London, ...

At Nerd Nite Tokyo, self-confessed nerds from all walks of life gather once a month to loosen their anoraks, sup a beverage or two and feed on the niche knowledge of three quietly obsessive speakers.

British tourist N.W. contacted Lifelines about benefits for disabled drivers in Japan.