The village of Ichinono is emblematic of Japan's demographic woes as marriages and births continue to decline.

Fewer than 60 villagers live in Ichinono - where people have attempted to address dreaded feelings of loneliness by stitching ...

With fewer than 60 people living in the Japanese village ofIchinono ... We’re now paying the price,” 88-year-old widow Hisayo Yamazaki told AFP. “We’re probably outnumbered by puppets ...

A small village in Japan is overflowing by puppets who are ... "We're probably outnumbered by puppets," Hisayo Yamazaki, an 88-year-old widow, told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make ... “We’re ...

Riding his tricycle with cheerful abandon, Kuranosuke Kato is the only child in his tiny, depopulated Japanese ... an 88-year ...

In the rural Japanese village of Ichinono ... "We're probably outnumbered by puppets," Hisayo Yamazaki, an 88-year-old widow told AFP. She added that most families in Ichinono used to have ...

Ishiba has called Japan's low birth rate a "quiet ... The toddler is "our pride", village head Sawayama beams, while widow Yamazaki says he is "practically my great-grandchild -- such a sweet ...

Ishiba has called Japan's low birth rate a "quiet emergency", one ... The toddler is "our pride", village head Sawayama beams, while widow Yamazaki says he is "practically my great-grandchild -- such ...

Ishiba has called Japan's low birth rate a "quiet ... The toddler is "our pride", village head Sawayama beams, while widow Yamazaki says he is "practically my great-grandchild -- such a sweet ...

Ichinono (Japan) (AFP ... The toddler is "our pride", village head Sawayama beams, while widow Yamazaki says he is "practically my great-grandchild -- such a sweet thing".