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It is difficult to appreciate the scale of the demographic troubles facing Japan. After all, the main urban centers of Tokyo and Osaka are increasingly crowded. Tourists have returned to the country ...

(AFP) The number of abandoned homes in Japan has soared to almost four million over the last 20 years, government data showed, as a shrinking population guts rural communities. About 3.85 million ...

TOKYO -- Alarmed by the vacant houses that are multiplying across Japan as the population shrinks, the government is considering heavier property taxes on those that are unkempt.

Over the past decade, there has been a marked rise in interest from international buyers looking to purchase akiya — Japan’s abandoned or empty houses. Though many believe that the only way to live in ...

MIYAZAKI -- An abandoned hotel in southwest Japan where young people found a dead body upon entering the desolated ruins for a dare remains standing more than a year after the corpse's discovery. This ...

TOKYO -- Foreigners are increasingly buying abandoned homes in Japan, especially old country houses featuring tatami mats and stylish alcoves, driven in part by a high regard for traditional Japanese ...