
Our Lives | JAPAN LITE Jul 26, 2015
Even the departed are abandoning Japan's countryside
by Amy Chavez
At a time when Japan is trying to revitalize the countryside, the dead are being relocated to the big cities.
Even the departed are abandoning Japan's countryside
At a time when Japan is trying to revitalize the countryside, the dead are being relocated to the big cities.
On this island, depopulation isn't the problem — inertia is
There is one thing most people don't realize about this island paradise amid the Seto Inland Sea: that despite many people wanting to move here, none of them can.
In 2004, the job of looking after the local foreigner went to Rikimatsu-san, a 75-year-old fisherman intent on teaching me the ways of the Seto Inland Sea.
Islanders must think bigger to thrive, not just survive
As a resident, may I be so bold as to suggest that we don't need an NPO to save our island from aging and depopulation. What we need is for an NPO, or anyone, to save our island from itself!
A war of words over butchered English
The student wanted to make a brochure in English, aimed at attracting foreign tourists to Shiraishi. The English title of her presentation was “Come on my Island!”