The property became available under the Uozu city government’s “100-yen Akiya Bank” program, which was started this fiscal year to encourage sales of “akiya” abandoned homes by setting ...

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 ...

The number of these “akiya” (vacant) houses has reached 9 ... and Tokushima prefectures at 21.2 percent, followed by Yamanashi Prefecture at 20.5 percent. The survey has been conducted every ...