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As Eita Sato and Aoi Hoshi walked toward their junior high school graduation ceremony, their footsteps echoed in polished halls once crowded and noisy with students. The two were the only graduates of Yumoto Junior High in a mountainous part of northern Japan - and the ...

With Japan's birthrate plummeting, about 450 schools close in Japan every year, dealing a further blow to the country's regional areas which are already struggling with depopulation.

With Japan's birthrate plummeting, about 450 schools close in Japan every year, dealing a further blow to the country's regional areas which are already struggling with depopulation.

As Japans birth rate plunges faster than expected, school closures have picked up the pace, especially in rural areas.

- 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.

China too, is treading a similar path with the country recording its lowest population figures in the last six decades. Falling birth rates are an Asian regional issue, with the huge costs of raising children having a direct link to the declining birth-rates

STORY: These 15-year-olds are the only students left at their school in the remote Japanese village of Ten-ei. | March 31, 2023

Falling births are an Asian regional issue, with the costs of raising children dampening birthrates in neighboring South Korea and China. But Japan’s situation is especially critical.