Akiya

[Jolly]

Japanese for " empty house".

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-has-millions-of-empty-houses-want-to-buy-one-for-33k

[taiwan_girl]

I heard about that. Similar to what is happening in rural parts of Italy

[Friday]

A friend of mine, who lives in Kobe, got a really nice beach house when the old owner told him he could have it if he fixes it up. I had a hard time wrapping my head around the Japanese concept of home values. They literally depreciate the minute you build it.

[Jolly]

As a culture, not a lot of value placed on used items...