Akiya (空き家) means empty house. That’s the literal translation — 空 (empty/sky) and 家 (house/home). The word itself is mundane. Every language has a term for a vacant property. What makes the Japanese version different is the scale. As of the 2023 Housing and Land Survey, Japan has approximately 9 million akiya. Nine million empty …
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Less than a used car. Sometimes less than a very used car. I bought my house in Otaru for under $30,000. That number is real, not a hook. It’s a three-bedroom wood-frame house on its own lot in a residential neighborhood thirty-five minutes by train from Sapporo, the fifth-largest city in Japan. The median home …
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Yes. That’s the short answer, and unlike most countries in Asia, it really is that simple. Japan is one of the most open real estate markets in the world for foreign buyers. No citizenship requirement. No residency requirement. No reciprocity clause. No foreign ownership caps. No special permits. An American, a Nigerian, a Brazilian, a …
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