Old Japanese house and garden in Genemongama factory, Kyushu region, Arita, Japan on August 23, 2023 in Arita, Japan. Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images 2023-11-29T08:31:31Z ...

Japan's internal affairs ministry is set to approve a proposal by Kyoto to tax owners of empty homes and holiday houses, a source close to the matter said Wednesday, putting the city on track to be ...

TIM HORNYAK VIA NEW YORK TIMES. In an undated photo from Tim Hornyak, an akiya home sits empty in Nagasaki, Japan, earlier this year. With a shrinking population and more than 10 million abandoned ...