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It is difficult to appreciate the scale of the demographic troubles facing Japan. After all, the main urban centers of Tokyo and Osaka are increasingly crowded. Tourists have returned to the country ...

As housing prices continue to rise, demand for akiya, or abandoned houses, is growing. Some of these houses are renovated and sold at half the price of a new house, while others are being given away ...

(AFP) The number of abandoned homes in Japan has soared to almost four million over the last 20 years, government data showed, as a shrinking population guts rural communities. About 3.85 million ...

TOKYO -- Alarmed by the vacant houses that are multiplying across Japan as the population shrinks, the government is considering heavier property taxes on those that are unkempt.

Foreign buyers from the U.S., Canada and Australia are increasingly purchasing abandoned homes in Japan, seeing them as an opportunity for homeownership amid surging property prices in their domestic ...

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 ...