Japan’s median age has been rising since 1950, with the figure reaching to 49.1 in 2023, according to an estimate by the ...

With only one child in a village of 60 people, residents of Ichinono create hand-crafted dolls to combat loneliness.

In Ichinono, a small rural village in Japan, life-sized dolls have become part of everyday life, adding a sense of activity to an otherwise quiet community. These dolls are carefully crafted by ...

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

Japan is quickly becoming a hub for eVTOL and air taxi technology. This morning, Archer Aviation announced it is ...

The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power. By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and ...

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 ...

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

By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo The steady course of the Japanese economy and business environment that has helped attract a torrent of investment in the past two years could be undercut ...