Japan's 1.036 million core farmers now average 67.7 years old, and almost 7 in 10 are 65 or older. Here is what the 2025 census shows happens when a whole country's farmers retire at once, the villages that used farm stays to come back, and what it means for your farm if you have no successor.

The average farmer is now 58 in the US and 67.7 in Japan, and most have no written plan. Before you sell a single acre, see what the numbers mean and how older farmers earn from visitors while keeping their land.