Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are prompting young women to leave rural areas like this for opportunities elsewhere.

The strike, carried out on Saturday, was the 15th announced by the administration in its campaign against vessels it claims are smuggling drugs.

Leaders of the far-right group, who were convicted and later pardoned, allege their constitutional rights were violated.

A fed-up college professor gets a shock when he goes to New York City on a spur of the moment trip and finds a couple living in his apartment.

People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.