Tokyo is great, but have you ever considered living in rural Japan? 🌿 In this video, I explain how I ended up buying land in the Japanese countryside, the differences between city and rural life, and ...

Dani and Evan Benton moved to Japan on a startup business visa in 2023. They bought an abandoned house for about $6,500 and turned it into a guesthouse. The couple have also started a homestead with a ...

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I am a guide in north Japan, certified international sake sommelier, and WMA certified Wilderness First Responder. Most of the channel content focuses on exploring the stunning wilds of north Japan, ...

In 2021, my husband Evan and I sold our house and urban farm on the outskirts of New Orleans. We spent the next year and a half traveling through Mexico, before arriving in the fall of 2023 on ...

Reviving Japan's countryside is a topic that's close to the heart of Shigeru Ishiba, the country's outgoing prime minister.

Editor’s note: "Retire in Japan" is part of an ongoing series on retiring abroad. To see all the articles in the series, jump to the end. Japan, with the world’s fourth-largest GDP after the U.S., ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation on Sunday, stepping down under pressure from his ruling Liberal Democratic Party after a crushing defeat in July’s upper house elections ...