A village in Japan has become so quiet that the people there make puppets to give the facade of a lively and youthful community. Ichinono, in southern Japan, has a population of just 60 people ...

The Japanese hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child, is trying to fill the void with stuffed mannequins.

This area dates to the Edo Period (1603–1867), and while Japan tends to tear down old ... was where weary travelers would ...

In the years since, Nagoro has become better known as Nagoro Doll Village, and has become a bustling tourist attraction. With many celebrities even visiting such as Top Gear's James May.

"We're now paying the price." This photo taken on October 21, shows puppets in the village of Ichinono, one of the "puppet villages" in Japan created to ease the lonesome feelings due to ...

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 ...

This photo taken on 21 October 2024 shows puppets in the village of Ichinono, one of the ‘puppet villages’ in Japan (AFP via Getty Images) Preliminary government data released earlier this ...

One of the buildings still had a sign that read "Vietnamese restaurant." According to investigative sources, most of the Vietnamese people who lived there had come to Japan as technical intern ...

Ishiba has called Japan's low birth rate a "quiet emergency", one that is starkly evident in places like Ichinono, a bucolic ...

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make it less lonely — replacing people with puppets. Fewer than 60 people live in Ichinono, and ...

According to investigative sources, most of the Vietnamese people who lived there had come to Japan as technical intern trainees, believing the claim that they "can earn money" in the country.

Ishiba has called Japan's low birth rate a "quiet emergency", one that is starkly evident in places like Ichinono, a bucolic hamlet home to fewer than 60 people. "If the village is left as it is ...