Japan is struggling with many vacancies. Never before have so many homes been abandoned, especially in rural areas. Currently, there are about nine million empty houses, about 14 percent of the number of households in the country.
Today, more and more are called cities such as Tokyo and Kyoto prevent it, empty houses. It is becoming a growing problem for the Japanese government, which is struggling with an aging population and a decline in the number of children being born. “This is a sign of Japan’s population decline,” Jeffrey Hall of Kanda University for International Studies in Chiba told the news channel. CNN. “There simply aren’t enough people for all these houses.”
Some properties are temporarily vacant because, for example, the owner is working abroad. For other houses, it is not known who they belong to, because that information has not been properly kept by local authorities.
Like Italy, Japan has devised all kinds of plans to prevent an exodus. Many vacant homes are being sold for next to nothing. Sometimes even completely free. In the Tochigi and Nagano locations prevent it offered for just over 400 euros. Admittedly, the buildings are a bit dated so could use some updating. But they have also found a solution in Japan, because anyone who wants to renovate his new home can get a subsidy for this.
Free house
In fact, other Japanese places are so desperate for new residents that they are giving away houses for nothing. In Okutama, for example, three properties went to new owners for free. One of them has converted the house into a restaurant.
2024-05-08 19:26:29
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