Seeing vacant buildings and houses in disrepair in Japan is becoming more commonplace with the aging and decline of the coun ...

Hashima Island, Japan, was once a bustling hive of activity - but its sordid past has rendered it uninhabitable.

A Japanese island once packed with wealthy residents was abandoned over a century ago - and has since become a magnet for ...

As land values in the area continue to decline, the city is facing difficulty in funding the costly demolition of these abandoned hotels. Although the Japan Tourism Agency provides financial ...

Kyoko Watanabe moved to Miyagi Prefecture to help with disaster relief efforts following 3/11. She ended up building a ...

Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With property prices often shockingly low, these forgotten houses ...

Kimura says that he is often told by people to whom he gives tours of the city from around Japan that they too have many decaying, abandoned buildings and vacant houses in their own hometowns. Nozawa ...