I'm a 31-year-old Canadian who bought an $11,000 house in rural Japan. Here's why I don't see it as an investment

Andrew Koller visited Japan for the first time in 2023. Three years later he bought a home there and plans to use it for ...
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Rural Japan’s excess deaths from crashes, injuries and suicide persisted through the pandemic

A nationwide ecological study of 1,890 Japanese municipalities found stable overall relative mortality during the pandemic ...
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They bought an abandoned house in rural Japan for $6,500. Now, they're renting it out on Airbnb for $130 a night.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dani and Evan Benton moved to Japan on a startup business visa in 2023. They bought an abandoned house for about $6,500 and turned ...
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Renovating a $22,000 abandoned house in rural Japan

Renovating a $22,000 abandoned farmhouse in rural Japan brings exciting progress, unexpected challenges, and a mysterious ...
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These Houses in Rural Japan are on Sale for Just $500

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Would you live in a so-called "ghost village" if you only had to pay $500 for a house? Here in the United States, you can barely ...
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‘The Lost World’: New book highlights Japan’s abandoned rural spaces

Simply saying the word “Japan” can bring up images of manga, maid cafes and neon lights. But for Dutch photographer Maan Limburg, Japan is a series of rural landscapes punctuated by empty houses. Her ...
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Disaster leaves unexpected impact on rural Japan's marriage migrants

Media coverage following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami that caused widespread destruction in northeastern Japan helped raise the profile of a previously 'invisible' part of the ...