NANMOKU, Japan — This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy ...

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.

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 ...

Today, it is Japan's most aged village, with two-thirds of residents over age 65. Many of the settlement's buildings are dilapidated or abandoned, and there's little new construction.

This Picturesque Japanese Village Is One of the Snowiest Places on the Planet. The fairytale hamlet with its thatched-roof huts is a winter wonderland. By. Cailey Rizzo. Cailey Rizzo.

A village is replacing young people with mannequins as population dwindles: ‘Outnumbered by puppets’ The village has a population of 60, with the last baby being born two decades ago ...

Representing the third and fourth generations, the Kaneta family can trace their history in the village of Nanmoku back 140 years. Once a thriving community in the mountainous interior of Japan ...

Nagoro, a remote village in Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku Island—one of the four main islands of Japan—would have remained an anonymous dot on the map if it was not for the creative genius ...

NANMOKU, Japan — This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy ...