You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Japan has millions of abandoned rural houses for sale. The glut delights foreigners who've been able ...

The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York City – as the east Asian country continues to struggle with its ...

KYOTO, Japan, Nov. 26 (UPI) --There has been a lot of buzz online recently about Japan's affordable houses, some of which can be purchased for as little as $10,000. Social media accounts like ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. That is what Hannah Kirshner found to her surprise. We are talking about buying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Take Kurosawa: Our original plan was to make a website to help people search for homes in Japan. But people would start messaging ...

Across Japan, something unusual is happening in plain sight. Entire neighbourhoods have houses that still stand, but nobody lives inside them anymore. Windows stay closed for years. Gardens grow wild, ...

Some newer houses around the country are barely wider than a common family car. From left, Takina Shimura and his parents, Tomoko Shimura and Yoshiki Shimura, in their compact house in Zushi, Japan, a ...