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Japan's Most Graying Village Looks to Peru Sister City for Lifeline

The village hopes cultural exchanges with Belen will bring younger workers for care and transit jobs as its population falls to 1,337.

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Japan's most graying municipality has turned to its Peruvian sister city in search of a way to reverse its population decline and address the labor shortage that together threaten its survival.

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Greyest village in Japan turns to Peru sister city to plug worker shortage

Most of Nanmoku villagers are above 65 while Belen has a population of about 80,000, many of them young.

·Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Japan's most graying village looks to Peru sister city for lifeline

Japan's most graying municipality has turned to its Peruvian sister city in search of a way to reverse its population decline and address the labor shortage that together threaten its survival.

·Tokyo, Japan
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Kyodo News+ broke the news in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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