In the fiscal 2022 list of depopulated areas, 885 cities, towns and villages, or 51.5 percent of all 1,718 municipalities nationwide excluding Tokyo's 23 wards, will be registered as wholly or ...
Bears are expanding their habitat into depopulated areas around Japan, posing a threat to the residents who still live in those municipalities. Local government officials, particularly in northern ...
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 ...