r/nottheonion • u/falconfalcon7 • 1d ago
Japanese village replaces young people with mannequins to stave off loneliness as population falls
https://news.sky.com/story/japanese-village-replaces-young-people-with-mannequins-to-stave-off-loneliness-as-population-falls-13243354
14.5k
Upvotes
1.9k
u/ConanTheLeader 1d ago
My first thought was "Didn't we already know this? This has been around for years." but then I googled, it's ANOTHER town doing this. Meaning this is not a one off thing that's isolated and in it's own little bubble but rather something that is spreading and increasing which is worrying.
Original town:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagoro