Professor Iguchi says he expects the number of foreign residents will continue to increase, especially in rural areas, where Japanese youth are leaving. He estimates the number will rise to about ...

Fashionable young girls in miniskirts and platform boots ... Being here is exciting and overwhelming, but this isn’t why I came to Japan. Far away from the crowded streets and neon signs is ...

Excluding Tokyo, Japan had around 11 million unmarried ... of women and shows that it doesn’t understand why young women are leaving rural areas. (This article was written by Sawa Okabayashi ...