Rapid social and demographic change has reshaped how people live and connect in cities. In Tokyo, where urban density meets ...

Justin Miller, a New York native, has lived in Japan for 15 years. Miller's seen tourists talk loudly on the phone in public and bring their shoes into people's homes. Miller says the tipping culture ...

We’ve been following all the athletes and the action in the stadiums, but what’s it like to be living in Japan during a pandemic and the Olympics? We asked a longtime resident to find out. John Daub ...

Potential homebuyers in Tokyo are divided on their property purchasing plans as surging living costs add to affordability ...

I'm going to be moving to Tokyo. I'm furiously packing and tossing stuff I don't need. I have a service apartment (Sakura House) for the first month, but within that time, I want to find a more ...

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Minato, located close to the center of Tokyo, is one of the city’s wealthiest and most pleasant wards. During the Edo period, wealthy daimyo and samurai families chose the breezy, fertile hillsides ...

From Tokyo to Osaka, Japan’s people cluster in three major plains, leaving mountains and interior regions largely empty.