• 11/25/2024

Japan’s 8.5 million abandoned rural homes, or akiya, have become a ‘cheap’ option for foreigner owners

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A push into the city and population decline are two reasons they sit empty, as well as the Japanese preference to newly built homes rather than pre-owned.

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3249648/japans-85-million-abandoned-rural-homes-or-akiya-have-become-cheap-option-foreigner-owners?utm_source=rss_feed