Because of the shrinking population and internal migration, Japan has millions of unoccupied houses in rural areas. But thanks to the low prices and the lack of restrictions on foreigners ...
Kyoko Watanabe moved to Miyagi Prefecture to help with disaster relief efforts following 3/11. She ended up building a ...
Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With ...
Japan is experiencing an altogether different issue: There's a glut of unoccupied homes throughout the country's rural areas. Japan's Housing and Land Survey, conducted every five years ...
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has made convincing people to relocate from Tokyo to other parts of Japan where residents ... find good jobs or enjoy life in rural areas. In a time of both ...