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 ...

Kajiyama decided to shift his search to include the growing number of abandoned homes in the country. As younger people ditch rural areas in pursuit of jobs in the city, Japan’s countryside is b ...

There are millions of empty houses in the Japanese countryside. These houses, called akiya, are often sold for low prices, attracting buzz from foreign buyers. Buyers should be aware of potential ...

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 ...

The couple are among a growing number of buyers, many of them foreign nationals, purchasing abandoned homes in rural Japan. The trend has coincided with Japan facing a severe population decline ...

From its bustling cities to its beautiful and lush countryside, these abandoned properties are scattered across Japan, and here's the kicker — they are going for as low as $10,000 a pop.

Anton Wormann, 31, who is originally from Sweden, relocated to Japan in 2018 after living in New York. He recently purchased an abandoned farm for $15,000 "right by the beach" in Kujukuri ...

It was just really nice to see this different side of Japan,” she says. And once she began visiting smaller villages, it was practically impossible not to find empty homes or abandoned buildings.