(Kyodo) KUSHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Seeing vacant buildings and houses in disrepair in Japan is becoming more commonplace with the aging and decline of the country's population. The phenomenon is ...

To realize a sustainable society, large wooden buildings are being created around the world. Japan's revolutionary "unburning wood" now contributes greatly to possibilities for wooden architecture.

As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

Tokyo, Japan — A wildfire in northern Japan has damaged over 80 buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents, with military helicopters mobilised to help put it out, authorities ...

The Japanese government is set to introduce new standards on evaluating the durability of wooden buildings with the aim of significantly extending their legal longevity for easier financing and ...

TOKYO – Strong winds intensified out-of-control wildfires in two western Japan prefectures on March 26, leaving at least eight buildings destroyed. As at March 25, the fire in Ehime prefecture ...

MINAKAMI, Gunma Prefecture--A surge in school closures exacerbated by Japan’s declining birthrate ... over how to make the best use of the vacant buildings. Many of the approximately 450 public ...

But there were no reports of injuries or demolished buildings, according to the agency. The latest blazes came after a massive wildfire in Ofunato in Iwate prefecture, north-eastern Japan ...

The lumber used totaled 1,990 cubic meters, and 60 to 70 percent of the material was produced in Japan. Pure-wood buildings such as Port Plus, whose pillars, beams and other components are all ...

Officials in Bangkok, Thailand, are inspecting buildings in response to more than 10,000 reports of damaged structures following a major earthquake that hit on Friday. Residents are worried about the ...

Strong winds intensified out-of-control wildfires in two western Japan prefectures on Wednesday, burning through over a cumulative 900 hectares and leaving at least 15 buildings destroyed. The fire in ...