Why are there so many empty homes in rural Japan?

As homeownership becomes increasingly expensive in many parts of the world, we travel to Japan, where millions of empty and unwanted houses, known as ‘akiya’, are being sold cheaply or given away. Can foreign buyers help solve Japan’s empty house problem?
This episode first aired in 2023.
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Wow! So it's like every other country in the world! So interesting 🙄