'Outnumbered by puppets': Depopulated village in Japan crafts dolls for sense of life

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make it less lonely — replacing people with puppets.

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'Outnumbered by puppets': Depopulated village in Japan crafts dolls for sense of life

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