The promise of cheap or free houses in Japan has dreamers and chancers rushing to some of the country’s more rural hamlets to make chump-change bets on the disused and dilapidated. Quaint farmhouses.

Map of Japan locating the epicentre of a 6.3-magnitude quake on May 5. / AFP / STAFF (AFP) A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Friday, leaving at least one person dead and 21 injured, as ...

If it's empty its because, there's nothing left worth to do economically in that area. The nearest shops can kilometers away. Just check the picture that being used used for this article, less people ...

Dozens of Japanese companies are capitalizing on a combination of satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to help them find abandoned houses that could be put up for sale, as the graying country ...

TOKYO -- Houses in Japan are getting smaller, with the average floor space falling to a 30-year low. Total area per house is about 92 square meters, a decline of 3 sq. meters from the peak year of ...

TOKYO -- Foreigners are increasingly buying abandoned homes in Japan, especially old country houses featuring tatami mats and stylish alcoves, driven in part by a high regard for traditional Japanese ...

Japanese farmhouse into a full-time job, with several properties now under his belt, has a dire warning for Aussies hoping to ...