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The grandeur of the buildings reflects the historic wealth of these villages, where two rare goods vital to the upper class – silk and nitre (for use in gunpowder) – were produced for centuries.
Japanese Village Replaces Youth Population with Puppets With only one child in a village of 60 people, residents of Ichinono create hand-crafted dolls to combat loneliness. Art Oct 29, 2024 3.0K ...
Japanese village struggling with low population creates life-sized dolls to mimic feeling of bustling society By Angela Barbuti Published Oct. 26, 2024, 4:40 p.m. ET ...
'Our pride': Lone child brings hope to Japan's puppet village Riding his tricycle with cheerful abandon, Kuranosuke Kato is the only child in his tiny, depopulated Japanese village overrun by life ...
Japan's super-aged society continues to gray, with 29.3 percent of its population now aged 65 or older, the highest rate of any country worldwide, according to a Japanese statistics bureau report ...
More Life-sized dolls of Nagoro, Japan This picture taken on March 16, 2019 shows life-size dolls displayed by a roadside in the tiny village of Nagoro in western Japan.
Today, it is the country's most aged village, with two-thirds of residents over age 65. On today's show, how the Japanese government is trying to address rural depopulation and attract younger ...
According to Yuri Group, the Yamakoshi village’s experimental NFT strategy could attract attention from other nations facing declining birth rates. Yamakoshi, a secluded Japanese village nestled ...