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 ...

Abandoned house for sale Recently, a Twitter user, @TwonXBT posted about an abandoned house listing in Japan, questioning whether it was a good purchase, considering the cheap price to own a house ...

Seeing vacant buildings and houses in disrepair in Japan is becoming more commonplace with the aging and decline of the coun ...

A new model of ownership is allowing middle-class families and wealthy vacationers alike to buy a piece of alluring ...

After all, it stood in a forest of shoulder-high weeds after being abandoned about seven years earlier — one of the millions of vacant houses known as akiya, Japanese for “empty house ...

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 ...

As Japan’s population ages ... However, the biggest challenge is the increase in abandoned vacant homes with no intended use. The number of such homes increased by 370,000 from the previous ...

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 ...