Meanwhile, a falling birthrate means there are too few people to repopulate rural areas as the rapidly ageing population left tending the fields die off.

与此同时，下降的出生率意味着，随着迅速老龄化的农村剩余人口相继死亡，重新注入农村地区的人口过少。

Japan's population began to decline in 2010 from a peak of 128 million. Without a drastic increase in the birthrate or a loosening of the staunch Japanese resistance to immigration, it is forecast to fall to about 108 million by 2050 and to 87 million by 2060.

日本人口在2010年开始从1.28亿的高峰下降。若没有出现大幅增长的出生率，或放松人口移民，日本人口预计到2050年将下降到1.08亿，到2060年将下降到8700万。

By then, four in 10 Japanese will be over 65 years old.

到那时，40%的日本人将会是年龄超过65岁的老人。

When Ms Tsukimi returned to her hometown 13 years ago, she initially tried farming. Thinking her radish seeds may have been eaten by crows, she decided to make some scarecrows.

13年前，当月见绫野返回家乡时，她最初尝试务农。考虑到她的萝卜籽可能会被乌鸦吃掉，她决定做些稻草人。

Now there are more 100 scattered around Nagoro and other towns in Shikoku.

目前，已经有100多个稻草人分散在Nagoro和四国岛城镇的各处。

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