Lone child brings hope to Japan's puppet village
Two-year-old Kuranosuke Kato was the first baby in two decades for Ichinono, a tiny, depopulated Japanese village overrun by life-sized puppets. Ichinono is one of more than 20,000 communities in Japan where the majority of residents are aged 65 and above, according to the internal affairs ministry data.
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Two-year-old Kuranosuke Kato was the first baby in two decades for Ichinono, a tiny, depopulated Japanese village overrun by life-sized puppets. Ichinono is one of more than 20,000 communities in Japan where the majority of residents are aged 65 and above, according to the internal affairs ministry data.
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00:00I think the power of children is amazing when I'm in the city, and I think I have to take care of it, but I think the people in the village also think so.
00:19I think they feel it because there is no power of children.
00:27If you leave it alone, it will turn black.
01:00I can't go back to any house.
01:06After I graduated from university, I had to go to work.
01:14That's why I can't go back.
01:19That's why we sing like that.
01:21The moon is spinning.
01:31Thank you very much.
01:33Can you take a picture of me when you look at the camera?
01:38There were a lot of small bugs in the gate ball.
01:40Does it hurt?
01:42Recently, it's been a long time.
01:49Even if I was born in an apartment in Osaka, no one would feature me.
01:59I was just born here, and I didn't do anything.
02:09I was just born, and I got a lot of expectations, and I got a lot of support.
02:19It's a grateful story.
02:24This is my grandchild.
02:29He comes here from time to time.
02:34He looks like my grandson.
02:42I want to love Kuranosuke-kun as little as possible in the village.
02:49When you have someone you love, that's when you're most happy.