Due to aging: “Festival of the Naked Men” will no longer take place in Japan. At the Somin-sai festival this year, hordes of almost naked Japanese gathered for the last time to grab a hemp bag full of lucky charms.
There are not enough young people for the bizarre folk festival. Last year, the number of centenarians in Japan rose to a record level: the country had 92,139 people aged 100 or more in 2023. Given low birth rates and almost no immigration, the East Asian country is aging faster than any other industrial nation.