In Japanese, Akiya translates to “empty house”. The term refers to a residential property that has been unoccupied for a period of at least six months. Many in Japan have moved from rural ...

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 ...

Japan's Housing and Land Survey, conducted every five years, logged a record high of 8.49 million akiya in 2018. These abandoned houses have created "ghost villages" in Japan's rural prefectures ...

The number of these “akiya” (vacant) houses has reached 9 million nationwide, or 13.8 percent of the total number of homes in Japan, a government survey released on April 30 showed.

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

Listings of vacant houses in Japan posted on Akiya Banks. /Courtesy of Akiya Banks website Ruben Glazer, CEO of the vacant house information platform 'Akiyabanks,' stated, "Foreign interest in ...

Credit: SBS Dateline In Japan, millions of abandoned houses, known as ‘akiya’ are being sold cheaply or even given away for free - and some Australian expats have decided to buy up.

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 ...

“We decided to come to Japan mainly because the house prices in Melbourne were way beyond our budget. I'd heard about ‘akiya’, so we decided to move to my wife's hometown and find a cheaper ...