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Okinawa farmers, once finding wealth in pineapples, search for successors

National | Regional Voices: Okinawa Jun 27, 2022

Okinawa farmers, once finding wealth in pineapples, search for successors

Some people, including teachers, actually quit their jobs and started growing pineapples, such was the wealth to be gained from farming the crop.

Invasive rats spreading across Yamaguchi, damaging crops

National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Jun 21, 2022

Invasive rats spreading across Yamaguchi, damaging crops

The nutria, a kind of large rat native to South America, has expanded its habitat to almost all areas of the prefecture, with municipalities stepping up measures against the animal.

Rural Philippines, long neglected, newly appealing in COVID-19 times

Asia Pacific May 23, 2022

Rural Philippines, long neglected, newly appealing in COVID-19 times

by Sammy Westfall

The economic disparity between the nation's rural and urban areas has been a long-standing problem, but the lessons of the pandemic may finally lead to change.

Municipal assemblies in Japan face shortage of candidates

National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Mar 7, 2022

Municipal assemblies in Japan face shortage of candidates

Younger generations are seen to be shunning local assemblies because of members' precarity and low remuneration.

Government to secure 2.3 million people for rural digitalization

National / Science & Health Dec 28, 2021

Government to secure 2.3 million people for rural digitalization

The government has earmarked a total of ¥5.7 trillion for digitalization programs under the fiscal 2021 supplementary budget and the fiscal 2022 regular budget plan.

America’s superstar cities aren’t what they used to be

Commentary / World Oct 20, 2021

America’s superstar cities aren’t what they used to be

by Justin Fox

The 10 biggest U.S. cities, while large and growing, now account for less than 7.9% of the country’s population.

KDDI teams up with SpaceX to provide better mobile access in remote areas

Business / Corporate Sep 13, 2021

KDDI teams up with SpaceX to provide better mobile access in remote areas

Musk's Starlink satellites will connect to 1,200 remote mobile towers in Japan so rural customers can experience urban-level mobile connectivity.

A deserted Akita town offers a glimpse of Japan's demographic future

National Jul 12, 2021

A deserted Akita town offers a glimpse of Japan's demographic future

by Ying Zhou

A lack of jobs is causing younger people to move away, which results in stores and other industries losing business and leaves mainly the retired population.

Japan to list 10,000 workers keen to leave Tokyo in rural revitalization plan

Business Jun 9, 2021

Japan to list 10,000 workers keen to leave Tokyo in rural revitalization plan

The government aims to "rectify" the Tokyo-centric economy and population to help revive regional areas, according to a draft of its annual economic policy guideline.

Push to go electric could wipe out Japan’s cheap microcars

Business Feb 1, 2021

Push to go electric could wipe out Japan’s cheap microcars

by Shiho Takezawa and Tsuyoshi Inajima

Electrification can add ¥1 million to ¥2 million to the price tag of a smaller kei vehicle, potentially doubling its price.

Remote Nagasaki island 'getting energy' from Vietnamese students

Issues Nov 28, 2020

Remote Nagasaki island 'getting energy' from Vietnamese students

An island suffering from the effects of depopulation has offered Vietnamese students a discount to study Japanese there.

Cheap, spacious, crowd-free: Rural Japan is having a moment with the foreign community

Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Nov 23, 2020

Cheap, spacious, crowd-free: Rural Japan is having a moment with the foreign community

by Jessop Petroski

Laura Blackhall took a risk purchasing an empty house in the Ibaraki countryside. Amid and following a pandemic, though, it's a choice that just might pay off.

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