Across Japan, something unusual is happening in plain sight. Entire neighbourhoods have houses that still stand, but nobody ...

Japan faces a growing crisis with nine million empty homes, or akiya, due to population decline, inheritance issues, and ...

Japan is facing a strange but serious housing crisis. Nearly 9 million homes are lying vacant across the country.

Buying a home can feel like an impossible feat as large parts of the world face a housing shortage. This is not the case with Japan though, which is dealing with an oversupply of properties. As of ...

Across Japan's shrinking rural towns and aging suburban districts, abandoned homes are quietly reshaping the country's property market, forcing policymakers, banks, developers, and local governments ...