Japan’s Shockingly Cheap Homes Go Viral – What’s the Catch? Abandoned homes in Japan are selling for as low as RM14,909.

Japan's glut of abandoned homes — or ... "Our estimate was limited to the impact of abandoned single-family houses on land prices," Teppei Kawaguchi, CEO of Crassone, a construction and ...

Her love for Japan eventually rubbed off on Jason. However, it was during the pandemic that the couple first learned about akiya, or abandoned houses, in Japan. Due to the shrinking population and ...

Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With property prices often shockingly low, these forgotten houses have become ...

Kyoko Watanabe moved to Miyagi Prefecture to help with disaster relief efforts following 3/11. She ended up building a ...

The plan was to purchase a vacant lot and build a house on it, but land is expensive in Japan and their budget wouldn’t allow it. So they turned to the growing supply of abandoned houses ...

As Japan’s population ages, a record-breaking number of houses across the country now ... However, the biggest challenge is the increase in abandoned vacant homes with no intended use.

Abandoned homes, some so dilapidated that they pose a danger, are increasingly dotting Japan’s landscape ... even more unoccupied and unwanted houses are expected in the coming years.