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 ...

and doing this in Japan seemed feasible, especially considering that the country has 8.5 million akiya, or abandoned houses, in rural areas for sale. It helped that Evan also speaks Japanese ...

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 ...

Kimura says that he is often told by people to whom he gives tours of the city from around Japan that they too have many decaying, abandoned buildings and vacant houses in their own hometowns. Nozawa ...

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 ...

Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate ...

This episode features businesses that have come up with unique ways of finding new homes for unhoused animals. *Subtitles and transcripts are available for video segments when viewed on our website.

Dreamland is a theme park located in Nara, Japan which opened in 1961 ... the newer attraction and was eventually closed and left abandoned in 2006. Many of the props, rides and games were ...