TEN-EI (Japan), April 2 — As Eita Sato and Aoi Hoshi walked towards their junior high school graduation ceremony, their footsteps echoed in polished halls once crowded and noisy...
TEN-EI , April 2 — As Eita Sato and Aoi Hoshi walked towards their junior high school graduation ceremony, their footsteps echoed in polished halls once crowded and noisy with students.
Falling births are an Asian regional issue, with the costs of raising children dampening birthrates in neighbouring South Korea and China. But Japan’s situation is especially critical. The village at its peak in the 1950s had more than 10,000 residents, supported by agriculture and manufacturing. But the area’s growing inconvenience and remoteness prompted residents to leave.
Photos of each graduating class hang near the entrance, going from black and white to colour — with the number of students visibly and suddenly dropping from around 2000.Eita and Aoi, together since three, were in a five-person class through elementary school but were the only two to go on at Yumoto.
“People are very disappointed there’s no longer a source of culture,” said principal Mikio Watanabe of the decision to close, taken in consultation with village residents. “The place will be quieter without children’s voices.”
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