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

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.

Back in 2019, a fire tore through the vacant house. The owner had already abandoned the place, so that wasn’t a terrible tragedy, but after the fire trucks left, neighbors hoped it would be the ...

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 ...

His first akiya purchase was an abandoned farmhouse on Kyushu ... or you could make money by doing Airbnb.” Rural homes can be found for as little as $10,000, but many require costly renovations.