At least 68 people died during the winter – all but 10 of them over 65 – when record-breaking snow hit the country’s north.

Although people in Japan tend to live long lives, this does not necessarily mean they are healthier than other populations.

Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But the ...

Many people dream about leaving the place where they were born or currently live and pursuing a life abroad. Usually, such dreams involve not some random country, but one that seemingly calls to a ...

A woman died and six other people were hospitalized in Tokyo after choking on mochi, a chewy rice cake that in recent years has killed and hospitalized hundreds of people in Japan, where it is often ...

Some people pay to live, but others want to pay to disappear without a trace. This is Japan’s Johatsu. A service where you can drop money to completely (and legally) disappear from the face of the ...

Finally, some rest in peace. What started as a quirky offering from a funeral home in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture has blossomed into a full-blown trend among Japan’s zen-seekers. “Coffin-lying,” or the ...