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'Our pride': Lone child brings hope to Japan's puppet village / 36KM8U8
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Riding his trike with cheerful abandon, Kuranosuke Kato is the only child in his tiny, depopulated Japanese village overrun by life-sized puppets. The two-year-old was the first baby in two decades for Ichinono, one of more than 20,000 communities in Japan where the majority of residents are aged 65 and above.
Revitalising rural areas is one of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's key campaign pledges as he fights to retain a majority in a general election on Sunday. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES