#Ichinono is one of the ‘puppet villages’ in Japan where mannequins are used to ease feelings of loneliness due to #depopulation.
Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
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#Ichinono is one of the ‘puppet villages’ in Japan where mannequins are used to ease feelings of loneliness due to #depopulation.
Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
earthling
in reply to earthling • • •In Japan, more than 20,000 communities have a majority of residents aged 65 and above. The demographic crisis can be seen and felt in #Ichinono
Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
#Japan
#ageing
#depopulation
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earthling
in reply to earthling • • •‘We’re probably outnumbered by puppets,’ Hisayo Yamazaki, an 88-year-old widow, told AFP
Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
#Japan
#Ichinono
#depopulation
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