RIKUBETSU, Hokkaido—Residents of this inland community of 2,200 are relieved and delighted to see their municipality defend its title as “the coldest town in Japan” for the fifth year in a row.

Today it lies empty but Al Jazeera Al Hamra is actually the only Gulf pearling town that survived the rapid urbanisation of ...

It just seems to be the case around here and in Phu Quoc. "It’s just a ghost town. I don’t understand it. It’s such a nice place as well. "They thought we’ll build it and they’ll come ...