Entrepreneurial young Japanese people are trying to reinvigorate Japan's most aged village — where more than two thirds of residents are over 65 — and keep it from vanishing from the map.

Japanese Village Plaza, built in 1978, has been purchased. The new owner's plan for a major renovation has sparked some concern from area stakeholders. Photo by Gary Leonard.

Japan's super-aged society continues to gray, with 29.3 percent of its population now aged 65 or older, the highest rate of any country worldwide, according to a Japanese statistics bureau report ...

Japanese village struggling with low population creates life-sized dolls to mimic feeling of bustling society By Angela Barbuti Published Oct. 26, 2024, 4:40 p.m. ET ...

Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images “If the village is left as it is now, the only thing that awaits us is extinction,” Ichiro Sawayama, 74, head of its governing body, told Japan Today.

Japan’s premodern concept of nature at root of distinctive mindset in early childhood education Watching and waiting with minimal intervention forms educational philosophy guided by balance Peer ...

According to Yuri Group, the Yamakoshi village’s experimental NFT strategy could attract attention from other nations facing declining birth rates. Yamakoshi, a secluded Japanese village nestled ...