An island in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, has been abandoned for over half a century, but retains the eerie architecture of its once bustling past. Hashima Island is among 505 uninhabited islands ...

In the pursuit of homeownership, Americans are flocking to rural Japan, where an abundance of empty houses, known as akiya, sit with shockingly low price tags. Dotted mostly throughout the country ...

Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday announced that non-native mongooses have been eradicated from Amami-Oshima Island in the country's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. Amami-Oshima is ...