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.

In May 2018, DeWitt and Jean Paul moved from their suburban home in Las Vegas to an abandoned ... to pack up their house, rent it out, and permanently move across the country.

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 ...