An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Erik Buhrow, who bought a house in Japan's Niigata Prefecture through AkiyaMart, a site ...

Justin Wong lives in British Columbia, Canada, but said he can't afford to buy a home there. So he nabbed a house across the ...

The IT contractor said he was seduced by the contrast of the traditional temple-esque slanted roof with the large yard and ...

Dani and Evan Benton left the U.S. to start a new life in rural Japan, buying an abandoned house for $6,500 and turning it into a thriving Airbnb. Their journey proves that bold risks can lead to ...

And vacant homes that are put on the market are often ignored by Japanese, who generally seek newer homes to buy. However, Akiya and Inaka, a Tokyo-based company that introduces vacant houses to ...

Would I rather spend $300,000 on a cabin in northern Minnesota or $30,000 for a cabin in Japan — a country I’m from, I’m accustomed to, and I actually enjoy going to? I purchased an akiya in ...

Erik Buhrow dreams of retiring in Japan. Until then, he's renting out the akiya, or abandoned home, to other Americans who want to try living there. Real Estate 2025-01-20T11:00:04Z These 8 charts ...

A Japanese court has convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 ...