A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child ...

The small population of a village in Japan is now "outnumbered by puppets" - after using life-like mannequins to replace those who have left the area. Fewer than 60 people live in the southern ...

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In the rural Japanese village of Ichinono ... support and hope of so many people - even though he has achieved absolutely nothing in life yet," his father said. Notably, Japan's ageing population ...

A dwindling Japanese village has found a creative way to combat loneliness amid rural depopulation and declining birth rates. Ichinono, a community of fewer than 60 people north of Osaka ...

As depopulation deepens around the world, a small village in Japan turns to puppets to stitch their community back together. Ichinono is only one of several “doll villages” in Japan where life ...

The village now has less than 60 people living in it most of whom have retired. The village was slowly abandoned after younger people moved to nearby cities for work and education Feeling empty ...

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