Akiya houses: why Japan has nine million empty homes
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lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 year ago
The shrinking demographics play a role, but the “bulk” of the issue is rural exodus - because kids would rather live in a 4½ tatami (7~8m²) room in a large urban centre than in “the middle of nowhere”.