Japan is famous for combining ancient traditions with futuristic cities, but it also has a surprising side. Scattered across ...

Shirakawa-go is famous for its gassho-zukuri farmhouses, which are more than two centuries old. These thatched-roof houses ...

Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With ...

or abandoned houses, are more prominent than ever in Japan’s cultural landscape. Foreign interest in the country’s empty dwellings has never been higher, and it is only likely to grow along ...

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. increased its stakes in Japan’s biggest trading houses, a move that is expected to offer support to ...

Located in Nagaizumi, Japan, this tiny park is the size of four pieces of paper—and it just set a Guinness World Record as the smallest in the world.

(Bloomberg) -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. increased its stakes in Japan’s biggest trading houses, a move that is expected to offer support to the wider Tokyo stock market. As foreshadowed three ...

(Bloomberg) -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. increased its stakes in Japan’s largest trading houses, three weeks after Warren Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders spurred speculation of such move.