As Japan's population shrinks, bears and boars roam where schools and shrines once thrived

Reporting from Kakegawa, Japan — The red-roofed temple at the top of the hill closed about a decade ago, and now Yoshihiro Shibata can’t even remember its name, though the 54-year-old dairy farmer has lived in this picturesque village all his life. “The income of the temple depends on the number of residents, and there weren’t enough to keep a monk here,” he said, looking around the deserted gro

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掛川市原泉を取材