Turning on its lights for the first time on Nov. 1, Fukuoka City’s “Christmas Market in Hikari no Machi” was one of the earliest to open in the country. Other major cities in Japan weren’t too far ...

That year, Japan had about 123 million people, and its GDP was USD3.1 trillion, the world’s second largest. The United States ...

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In America, housing policy rests on two mutually exclusive goals: we want our principal investment vehicle to be home equity, and for the value of our homes to rise indefinitely and astronomically.

The demand for breakfast takeout in Japan is projected to grow from USD 5.9 billion in 2025 to USD 9.7 billion by 2035, ...

A new study reveals that red squirrels fed in city parks become pregnant 24 percent more often than forest females.

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it really costs to stay alive in this country. Not in the spiritual sense – in the literal one. The bills. The ...

Our world is becoming increasingly urban. Cities are now home to 45 per cent of the global population of 8.2 billion, according to UN DESA’s World Urbanization Prospects 2025: Summary of Results, ...

Urbanization is rapidly growing worldwide, often bringing negative effects on wildlife through loss of habitat and disturbances such as light pollution and noise. Yet some species manage to adapt to ...

A new study suggests that raccoons living near humans are showing physical changes in line with the earliest stages of ...

Extreme heat is reshaping the region's disaster landscape and driving the fastest-growing climate-related hazards, according to the ...