A small town in Japan doubles its fertility rate
Not surprisingly, reporters have flocked to this remote corner of the country to see if there is something that promotes fecundity in the water flowing down from Mount Nagi. The cause appears to be m…
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Many Japanese resent paying for their boring public broadcaster
But it’s the only channel to show sumo
Desperately seeking young people
MIEKO TERADA moved to Tama in 1976, at about the same time as everyone else there. Back then, the fast-growing city in Tokyo’s suburban fringe was busy with young married couples and children. T…