Over 1,400 firefighters deployed, blaze remains uncontrolled despite rain forecast Haga worries about shortage of firefighters as wildfires increase and population declines A tenth of Otsuchi's ...

On April 23, 2026, in Ōtsuchi, Iwate, Japan, @N62mfkbnNc61531 shared a video showing an active forest fire near the Kirikiri Tunnel area. In the video, flames and heavy smoke can be seen rising from a ...

From renting a companion to living alone on a deserted island, Japan shows the surprising ways people cope with loneliness. (Image: Pexels) Japan addresses loneliness with ossan rental and phone booth ...

Japan has a concept called hikikomori, referring to extreme shut-ins. If someone stays at home for months at a time, particularly if they stay in a single room, they are experiencing hikikomori.

Way back in 1992, The North Face launched a silhouette that would go on to become perhaps its most iconic, timeless design. To this day, the Nuptse jacket remains among the brand’s most popular ...

An essential public service is hidden away in a Millvale alley. Tucked into a corner behind the gallery and performance space The Maple Leaf, you’ll find a quiet, lovely courtyard with a phone mounted ...

The light green rotary phone is situated in a wooden framed box, a few inches above a toy rotary phone, held in a light blue wooden box. The toy phone is white with red wheels and a red receiver, a ...

The company is launching a new trial project for farming salmon trout in collaboration with the Okirai Fisheries Cooperative in Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture. Within its goal to reach a production ...

C.H. Booth Library has a new type of phone: a wind phone. Wind phones are phones that are not connected to any earthly thing. They are an opportunity for people to leave a message to loved ones who ...