Rural towns are offering grants to new and returning residents in hopes of reviving abandoned homes, as young people move to ...

The phenomenon is being acutely felt in some small and midsize regional cities struggling ... the case of Kushiro that ...

Japan's glut of abandoned homes — or akiya — has hit ... to entice residents to move from urban areas back to rural towns. Foreigners have jumped on the deals, snagging large properties ...

While other countries have ghost towns, Japan has a whole ghost island ... When the coal seams ran dry in 1974, the island was rapidly abandoned and left to decay. One left a note on the church ...

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 ...

or abandoned houses, are more prominent than ever in Japan’s cultural landscape. Foreign interest in the country’s empty dwellings has never been higher, and it is only likely to grow along ...

Content creators in Japan are going viral for buying and renovating cheap, abandoned homes known as ... of what a home would cost in other major cities around the world. Outside major cities ...

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 ...