"It matched all my expectations. It was huge, maybe a bit too huge," Coline Aguirre said about the house she bought in Japan.

The couple was told that the house in Japan had been vacant for 12 years and had served as a sake brewery until the early 1900s.

Most importantly, the house allows educators to teach museum visitors about Japanese culture, using artifacts and stories ...

The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York City – as the east Asian country continues to struggle with its ...

Japan has been tackling its vacant housing problem through policy reforms and awareness campaigns, offering lessons for policymakers worldwide.

When Jaya Thursfield found a house he wanted to buy in Japan a few years ago, friends and family told him to forget it. The place wasn’t worth the trouble, they said. After all, it stood in a ...

As Japan’s population shrinks and more properties go unclaimed, an emerging segment of buyers is seeking out rural architecture in need of some love.