Japan's glut of abandoned homes — or akiya — has hit the prices of surrounding properties, and the damage goes into the tens of billions. A report by Nikkei Asia on Tuesday estimated that the ...

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Kimura says that he is often told by people to whom he gives tours of the city from around Japan that they too have many decaying, abandoned buildings and vacant houses in their own hometowns. Nozawa ...

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 ...

This photo taken on Feb. 15, 2025, shows a vacant building in Kushiro, Hokkaido, which housed the Marui Imai Kushiro department store until 2006.(Kyodo) KUSHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Seeing vacant ...

Thanks to a multitude of factors — the weak yen, inbound tourism and the proliferation of YouTube channels on the subject, to name a few — akiya, or abandoned houses, are more prominent than ...

As Japan’s population ages, a record-breaking number of houses across the country now sit vacant, with many showing unlit windows, walls covered with vines and rooftops crumbling. The number ...

Twitch streamer Connor "CDawgVA" has seemingly called out fellow content creators Ludwig and Michael Reeves for "trespassing" on a property in Japan.

Abandoned homes, some so dilapidated that they pose a danger, are increasingly dotting Japan’s landscape, and not just in rural areas. The government is trying to address this problem, including ...

Content creators in Japan are going viral for buying and renovating cheap, abandoned homes known as akiyas. In Tokyo, akiyas can be purchased for a fraction of the price of what a home would cost ...