y ama ▁Village ▁a ▁year ▁later . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁the ▁village ▁was ▁rec lass ified ▁as ▁a ▁" town ." ▁ ▁Also ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 9 , ▁ 1 3 ▁other ▁villages ▁neighbor ing ▁M oto y ama ▁combined ▁to ▁become ▁Y osh ino ▁Village . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁when ▁M oto y ama ▁and ▁Y osh ino ▁villages ▁combined , ▁but ▁soon ▁after ▁that ▁ 5 ▁western ▁w ards ▁were ▁separated ▁and ▁were ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁neighbor ing ▁T osa . ▁ ▁Population ▁and ▁Dem ograph ics ▁▁ ▁The ▁population ▁in ▁M oto y ama ▁was ▁ 7 , 3 4 3 ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁but ▁as ▁of ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁it ▁has ▁gone ▁down ▁to ▁ 3 ‚ 6 0 5 ▁and ▁continues ▁to ▁decrease . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁census : ▁ ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁people ▁ 1 5 ▁years ▁old ▁and ▁under ▁is ▁ 4 1 7 , ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁those ▁ 6 5 ▁years ▁and ▁over ▁is ▁ 1 , 6 5 7 ▁and ▁the ▁percentage ▁of ▁sen iors ▁in ▁M oto y ama ▁is ▁ 3 8 % ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁pre fect ural ▁average ▁of ▁ 2 6 %. ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁ 1 , 8 3 5 ▁households ▁with ▁on ▁average ▁ 2 . 3 2 ▁people ▁per ▁household . ▁ ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁per ▁household ▁continues