In a country
where the cries of newborns are becoming increasingly rare, a different kind of
nursery industry is exploding.
As Japan’s
birthrate continues its historic decline, companies that once built empires on
strollers, diapers, and baby carriers are now aggressively pivoting toward a
new, more lucrative demographic: fur babies.
The shift is
visible in parks across the nation. While walking his toy poodle near his home
in Ikeda, Gifu Prefecture, Shin Ohta realized the physical tol...
