especially considering that the country has 8.5 million akiya, or abandoned houses, in rural areas for sale. It helped that Evan also speaks Japanese, having studied the language in college.

Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With ...

One person it did not dawn on recently is Alex Kerr, an author and Japanologist originally from Maryland, who became an akiya owner in 1973 when he acquired an abandoned country house (known as a ...

These abandoned houses have created "ghost villages" in Japan's rural prefectures where homes can neither be filled nor knocked down. In some areas, nearly one out of every five homes is empty.

The Government of Saskatchewan is developing a pilot framework it anticipates will be available to participating ...

That is, until the government started selling abandoned homes here practically for free ... Many moved to escape the poor job markets in their rural hometowns. In Sambuca, the population has ...