Pandas have fueled the Japanese town of Shirahama’s tourism industry for decades. But the town’s zoo has to send its last ...

But the four pandas at the town’s local zoo really belong to China, and China wants them back, leaving town residents in an ...

For many former Tomioka residents, cherry blossom season, once their favorite part of the year, is now the toughest. The town of 16,000 formed its identity around the trees.

A Japanese town with breathtaking views of Mount Fuji has become so overrun with selfie-taking tourists that it is putting up a barrier to block the picturesque vista of the sacred mountain.

In the last decade, about 200 communities in Japan have indeed vanished. And on Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost large island, almost 10% of the towns are endangered, with half of those expected ...

The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko constructed a large black screen in front of a popular view of Mount Fuji to deter tourists from overcrowding the area. The Yamanashi prefecture, ...

Japan is confronting a depopulation crisis because of a precipitously falling birth rate, but one mountain town has bucked the trend — spectacularly.

Japan welcomes solo travelers after 2 years of COVID-19 restrictions 02:42. Tokyo — A Japanese town will replace a barrier mounted to deter unruly tourists from taking photos of Mount Fuji after ...

In a Japanese town with fewer than 6,000 people, the birth rate is double what it is in the country overall; it's nearly three, whereas the rest of Japan is only slightly above one.

This Japanese town was given over $7 million for COVID-19 relief. They used $230,000 to build a giant squid statue. By Sophie Lewis ...