A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The ...

Many younger residents have migrated to cities for education and employment, leaving behind an ageing community.

Village with ageing population erects life-sized puppets to ease loneliness - The village has a population of 60, with the ...

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

In Ichinono, Japan, life-sized puppets now occupy the village as a response to population decline and rural depopulation. Once bustling with families and children, the village is now mostly ...

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 ...

Riding his tricycle with cheerful abandon, Kuranosuke Kato is the only child in his tiny, depopulated Japanese village ...

With fewer than 60 residents, mostly elderly, the village has started using life-like mannequins to fill the gaps left by ...