Japan’s old abandoned houses, or akiya, draw foreign buyers looking for a bargain holiday home to let
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Lying vacant in mainly rural areas, Japan’s 8 million or so akiya can often be snapped up for a fraction of the price of a new or lived-in property in a housing market that is already cheap compared to many others in the region.