NANMOKU, Japan — This village sits along a river running through the mountains, surrounded by forests of cedar and bamboo. The once-thriving hamlet was known for its silk, timber and a starchy root ...

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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. Villages ...

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Some Japanese are trying to reinvigorate their country's most aged village — where two-thirds of residents are over 65. Japan's village with the oldest population is wooing young residents to survive ...