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Japan is trying to lure people into rural areas by selling $500 homes, but it's not enough to fix the country's 'ghost town' problem
"The akiya at the beginning of the move looked a little bit like ... country's rural areas. Japan's Housing and Land Survey, conducted every five years, logged a record high of 8.49 million ...
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Land prices up in half of Japan's rural areas for 1st time in 33 yrs
The average land price rose for the first time in 33 years in more than half of surveyed rural areas in Japan, government data showed Tuesday, as the nation's economic recovery extends to asset values ...